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Why happiness is the ultimate goal
The importance of creating value
How to create wealth in the modern era
Most advice is what other people find helpful for them, but it may not apply to you.
There is something you can learn, but you can't take their exact circumstance and apply it to yourself. If you get advice, decide if it is true in your context and figure out how you can apply it.
The most dangerous part of receiving advice is that the person won't be around when the advice doesn't apply to you anymore.
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Networking is important early in your career. You'll desire to "do coffee" and build relationships. But later in your career, you have more things coming at you than what you have time for.
This makes it vital to ruthlessly cut meetings. First, see if a simple text would suffice. If a meet...
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When you have to do something, get it done. Do them as quickly as you can and with full focus. Then, be patient with the results. You likely dealing with complex systems and a number of people. It takes time for people to get comfortable working together.
When there is a problem, don't rest...
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When you've applied your specific knowledge, judgment, accountability, and reading, you'll eventually get what you deserve.
Everyone wants to make money quickly. But it doesn't work. You have to put in the time. You have to put yourself in that position with your specific knowledge, accou...
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Ensure that you work with the best people possible. Pick the people with the highest intelligence, energy and integrity. When you've set your bar, raise it.
People don't consistently work 80 to 120 hours a week. They sprint for that long when they feel inspired, then take long breaks, reas...
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If you want to get paid, you want to be the best at whatever you do. It can be niche. For example, Oprah gets paid for being Oprah. Keep changing what you do until you can use your specific knowledge, skillset, position, capabilities and interests to be number one.
Don't compete because yo...
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Revisit your past but from a new perspective. A perspective you haven't considered before. A perspective that is not yours. A perspective that sees the situation for what it is. A perspective of growth and acceptance. Hash out any disagreement or hurt feelings you have with anyone. Do your part. ...
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We can't make any choice knowing if it will or won't be what's best for us, and so we should not look for or expect any ultimate answers that will.
This doesn't mean that we should not engage in, consume, consider, or share ideas, research, and philosophies about life, but we should...
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