This first day of October has me thinking: 2025 will be here before we know it.

At the very beginning of 2025 I'll be implementing a new idea I got just while shooting the breeze at my last mastermind meeting.

It will involve offering something for free, something so valuable that people will be asking what the catch is. But there won't be a catch. No strings, nothing.

They will consume the thing, expecting to find a catch. They won't find one. There is no catch.

And yet I'll nevertheless be able to do this in a way that will benefit my family and me as well.

That has been one of the keys to business for me in the Internet age: figuring out how to prosper in a world of "free."

Now as I say, I got this idea in the course of a casual conversation during my Elite Mastermind, which I run with Paul Counts.

Well, of particular interest to readers of these emails is that Paul will be joining me on the Tom Woods Cruise, so in addition to all the fun, Paul and I will hold a couple of optional breakout sessions where we can do business Q&A, and perhaps even a mini-mastermind.

In fact, all week you'll have access to Paul's brain, which he shares generously. Whatever business question you'd like answered, or whatever ideas you'd like to bounce off Paul and anyone else, you'll have ample opportunity to do so.

Now all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, so Clifton Duncan, the Broadway actor who had his career taken from him because he declined the Covid shots, will take to the stage to share his booming singing voice with us.

Also, as you know, I've been holding murder mystery parties around the country (my New Orleans one on November 9th could use a few more folks, incidentally, so reply to this email if you're interested), but on board the cruise we'll hold the biggest and most exciting one ever.

I'll be hosting two different game shows, too, both of which I have lovingly prepared for you for just this cruise, and if you don't have an absolute blast at these I owe you a Coke.

Last time Scott Horton sailed with us not only did he speak, but he really went above and beyond: he was available to anyone and everyone until very, very late at night, talking and answering questions. And he will join us this time, for the first time in eight years.

In other words, this is going to be unforgettable -- and perhaps you, too, will get a lucrative new idea, as I did, by hanging around the right people.

The sooner you book, the better the location of your stateroom, so here's the link:

https://www.TomWoodsCruise.com

Tom Woods