Talking Points
Tired of giving the same old presentations? Use these nuggets of information to spruce them up.
Reported by PLANADVISER Staff
- According to the American Express Global Business Travel Forecast, the average cost of a domestic business trip—including airfare, lodging, and car rental costs—will rise 6% in 2008 to $1,110. The average cost of an international business trip will rise nearly 7% to $3,171.
- “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” —Herman Melville
- Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
- According to Fidelity Investments’ College Savings Indicator, parents nationwide are projected to meet only 24% of the total cost of their children’s college education, including tuition, fees, and room & board. However, those working with a financial adviser will be able to pay 47% of those costs. Faring even better are those parents utilizing a tax-advantaged 529 college savings plan, who are on track to cover 52% of their children’s college education expenses. Parents predict they will directly fund 27% of anticipated college costs through general savings and dedicated college savings accounts, and an additional 16% from income they will earn while their child is in school.
- “Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.” —Jim Rohn
- Grabatology is the collecting of ties.