Things to Check Out - 9.10.07

You're welcome:

• Make sure you're cleaning the lint filter in your dryer.
• As it turns out, your success in life can be determined at age 13.
• Here's an 83-year-old fundraiser. What a story.
• Wanna donate some money just because your favorite actor says so? Not so fast.
• Here's the math on how saving money works:

Consider this math from Alston: Let's say you're 25 and save $400 a month for 10 years and then stop saving. Your investments earn 10 percent a year. By the time you're 60, the $48,000 you contributed has grown to $911,736.
But if you wait to start saving until 35, you would have to put away $1,037 for 10 years - a total of $124,440 - to come out with $911,299 at 60. And you would have to set aside much, much more if you don't start until your 40s and 50s.

• Scared of networking? Here are 7 simple tips.
• This kind of brainstorming would be fun for me.
• Congrats to Jim, who will soon be starting on book #3.
• If you're in Nashville, check out the premier of The Call of the Entrepreneur tonight at Belmont.