b'2. SET THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS LEARN THE RULES OF THE ROAD Before you could drive with confidence you had to learn the rules of the road. After that, driving became second nature. By learning the language and laws related to private investing, you will lay the same groundwork for your investment business as you did when you were learning to drive. Raising private money can become second nature just like driving. With this knowledge, you will have the confidence you need to go out and find investors for any business venture you can dream up, as long as: It will generate a reasonable profit, andYou can demonstrate that you (or you and your team members) have the skills and knowledge to do it successfully. Terms specific to the language of private investing are used throughout this book. For any that are unfamiliar, refer to the glossary located in the back of this book, or you can access Investopedia.com or a dictionary ap-plication on your smart phone or mobile device to look them up yourself. I like InvestorWords.com. If you sign up on that website, it will deliver a word of the day to your email inbox so you can become more proficient in the investing terms that some of your investors may already know. By looking up the words used in this book yourself as you read, you can familiarize yourself with the terminology. You should become well versed and comfortable with the language of private investing. You will need this level of familiarity when talking to high-net-worth investors, because they already know the language. If you want to travel comfortably in high-net-worth circles, youll need to speak their language. One of my criteria for accepting a client is that I have to understand how the investor will be paid back and how my clients proposed plan will gen-erate a profit to share with investors. In order to be successful at raising 9'