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Portrait of E. Joseph Cossman

E. Joseph Cossman

(1918–2002) Businessperson

25 quotes in 104 categories

E. Joseph Cossman was a businessperson, best known for How I made $1,000,000 in mail order.

Quick Facts About E. Joseph Cossman

Born: April 13, 1918
Died: December 7, 2002
Profession: Businessperson
Notable works: How I made $1,000,000 in mail order

About E. Joseph Cossman

Eli Joseph Cossman was an American inventor, businessman, entrepreneur and author. With Milton Levine, Cossman was the co-creator of the ant farm and spud gun toys. He also made millions of dollars selling various novelties and conducting sales seminars.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by E. Joseph Cossman

For products with revision possibilities, there is no better source available than a company going out of business!

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Better

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The greatest power is often simple patience.

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Patience

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Square meals often make round people.

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Make

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You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best…

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Best

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If you try to make money doing something you're not enjoying, it's a hard way to make money.

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Hard

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“Obstacles is what a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.”

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Adversity

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Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

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Adversity

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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.

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Age

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If you are ready to put a product or service on the market, look at that product or service and see how…

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Investing

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Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.

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Banks

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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes…

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Fortune

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If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.

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Memory

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This country is conducive to making money. Once you learn this lesson and make your first deal, you will really appreciate the…

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Help

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'Salaryitis' is when you become so accustomed to that salary that you no longer have the gumption to pull out of the…

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Ambitious

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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

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Ahead

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Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least…

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Live

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Your goals should be to have the system work for you instead of your working for the system! Be the hammer -…

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Goals

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The criteria, the only rule you should follow - the only rule - is to never touch a product or service unless,…

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Never

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When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife,…

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Business

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A lot of magic happens when you put out a publicity release. I have launched many products with the money I got…

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Back

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Many past products advertised in old publications can be profitably promoted all over again. Sometimes, just by giving them a new twist…

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New

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Expose yourself to the products and promotions of other manufacturers, and your own field of new ideas will greatly increase.

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Ideas

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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.

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Bad

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Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have…

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Again

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I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city…

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Believe

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