In his book, Get Smarter,  Canadian billionaire, Seymour Schulich, the benefactor of the York Business School provides over 30 life and business lessons.  The book is targeted to the 20-40 year olds, however anyone can benefit from reading it.

Life and Business Lessons

One of the pieces of advice he gives in the second chapter is, “In any deal try to have your lawyers write the contract.  It’s like having the serve in tennis.  It’s a big edge!”

I remembered this point as I read the following article this morning:

http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/comment/article/479324–contracts-can-take-big-toll-on-employee-rights.

The employer had written the contract and even though the employee had it reviewed by a lawyer he lost a recent case against the employer since he had signed it.

You must be an entrepreneur.  Look at the list of billionaires in Canada and you quickly realize they or their families own a company.

Canada saw 25 billionaires ranked in Forbes’ annual billionaire list.

Canada's Billionaires

Source: The Globle and Mail,  ROB, March 11, 2010