But, I had to finish school first and then came the Depression. But that didn't stop me from thinking more about the idea, and so it later “tested” well at the age of 20, worked out well at 23, did exceedingly well from age 24 to 30.
Of course I didn't try to make as much money then, working out of a trailer, but I got by and had fun.
It was an abandoned subdivision then, with weed-filled streets. Yet it was really a kind of paradise, near the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Today, our President and many movie stars have found the place. In those days the only inhabitants were blocks of wild poppies, growing everywhere. There I was, living in a tent. I had some ideas but no capital. But I did have an Aunt Emily in England, who was corresponding with me. She knew I was broke so she slipped in a few pound notes with a letter. The pound was worth $5 in those days. My ideas revolved around an unusual enterprise. A test was necessary because it was mailorder. The pound notes were exchanged for dollars and financed the test ad. It was a success and eventually my parents lent me a few more bucks and I was off and running... for the rest of my life! It was raining. It rained for three weeks. The tent was dark and lit in the daytime with a kerosene lantern. And here I gave birth to the plan that would give me homework for the rest of my life! I wrote it all down, had the brief test I mentioned.
After living in a Hollywood apartment, and working the enterprise there, I decided to be a carefree bachelor and so I bought a house trailer.
It was a fabulous life, cavorting with the movie stars, living in a winter desert paradise, while the rest of the country was freezing.
such as... "I started in my spare time, gradually expanded, then quit my job and went full time." I never had a job to start with.
The waters were rough, indeed. During my 48 years of created homework there has ALWAYS been something, it seems, for the U.S.A. to worry about. Still, George plodded ahead, without a worry. And why not... he started this crazy venture right in the middle of the greatest depression ever known. The big, big one, that lasted from 1929 to 1942... and only ending then because it was replaced by four years of war! Just one little idea, one format or plan, and George had it made for his entire lifetime! It drought in a handsome living, not for just a year or two, out for a lifetime!! From teenager to senior citizen! “Although I haven’t gone though it cover to cover, I have already spotted some business ideas I can use… it’s a really great business book to own.” – Grifakel Printing Svc’s, New York , NY From 16 to 18 I knew enough about the set-up to have started then, and did dabble a bit at that early age.
And why shouldn't my experience be of great help to others... YOU, for instance, who are reading this letter. As you go through my story you will discover that it is quite possible that you can experience this unbelievable lifetime success! With a book titled "a lifetime of homework" you'll know why my simple system made it possible for me to remain in the same mailorder business for forty-eight years! *Publishers Note: George liked the term “homework” but he meant “working from home.
I tested the format, the idea, a certain kind of mailorder, while living in a tent during the big depression.
Today, $100 a week is nothing, due to 48 years of inflation. Of course I have kept pace, have always kept pace, with inflation, enjoying a comfortable lifetime income.
“Your material has been of great value to me in establishing a profitable …business” -Dr. James Stoneman, Elkton, OR You might say that I started in my "spare time" but I also continued it as a spare time enterprise, most of the time, for the rest of my life! I can't give you the line other publishers use...
Surely, you, dear reader, as an interested ambitious person, should fit in SOMEWHERE along the profit trail, experience-wise, ability-wise.
Later, when I started in earnest, I jumped from the $2 a week to $100 a week...and right in the middle of the Depression! The average wage then in California was $25 a week.
My first girlfriend (I was 24 then and a late starter because of the depression) had parents who thought I might be a gangster with that kind of money! I thought that was quite a joke, but they were serious.
This is probably the only mailorder home operation in the world with such a lifetime experience for the same individual! Humble Beginnings At the start I didn't have any money.
But let me pause here and tell you that we probably share a common interest. I have achieved complete financial freedom and permanent security throughout my entire life. “I am enjoying the book tremendously, hypnotic reading that a person has to keep on reading because it’s so interesting, just can’t seem to stop.” – Leon Misiolek, Costa Mesa, CA YOU certainly want to have this kind of enviable happiness throughout your lifetime.