You'd be safe to hold 5% of your assets and savings in gold and silver. Insurance for the future.
Rail travel for me is the most relaxing, most scenic way to see the country.
Pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many.
My first job, 9 years old, part-time, was selling Christmas cards door-to-door. Ten years old, my brother and I had paper routes. We delivered a morning paper called the 'L.A. Examiner.' Get up at 4 o'clock, fold your papers, deliver them and get ready for school.
Success is how well you do what you do when nobody else is looking.
I don't use e-mail or a computer. I would be so inundated that I wouldn't be able to get any work done. Instead, I do everything in person or on the phone.