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Character and Principles
I don’t think think anybody is interesting until they’ve had the shit kicked out of them — Jim Carey This quote has been bouncing around my head for a month since I heard it on a doco about Jim Carey. It says something about a persons character. Can I go through nasty times and retain…
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Guru critique
Tony Robbins and Unleash the Power Within is upon Sydney. There is a huge amount of search engine traffic through WealthEsteem.org looking for comment and critique. NigelW, another very smart person I know, made this comment on Personal Development Industry guru’s. I’m becoming more and more convinced that the whole “personal development” industry is just…
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Go into business
I read this post over at the Somersoft Property Investors Forum. I found it very hard when I realised I was working hard to build someone else’s dream. Starting or buying a business often appeals as a perfect solution. But getting into business may not be the best approach. We’ve all had friends unhappy in…
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Structured Giving
In a recent post at Michael Simmons – Young Entrepreneur Journey: To Give or Not to Give wrote: Living in the big city, I’m asked for money about 10 times a day. I probably give money about 2 out of the 10 times depending on how much money I have, how bad I feel, and…
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Laughter
I subscribe to the Bothwell Group Management Thought of the Week e-mail. I can’t find last week’s thought on their website or I’d post a link. So here it is in full… My grandfather always said that if I laughed before I cried and sang before I spoke I was a happy guy. Laughter was…
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Maintenance
We (and all the others on this server) have recently been hammered by bots (and spiders) indexing and otherwise slurping this website. After a group of them from NameProtect grabbed 15 megabytes of bandwidth I decided to do something. After many false starts and misadventures I believe I’ve set things up so bad bots will…
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Free Favours
On occassion I’ve bought lunch for an entrepreneur or investor for in return for the opportunity to pick their brain. It is a fascinating and rewarding passtime. So when I read Philis Rockower’s latest Real Estate Investors Club of Los Angeles newsletter, I got a short sharp shock. Many newbies always expect they can take…
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Anthony Robbins info hunters
Hello Australians looking information on Anthony Robbins. Leave a comment telling me what you’re looking for. Regular’s might get a kick out of this google.com.au search. I’m the top ranked site in Austalia for “Anthony Robbins”. How strange is that? Disclosure: I have no affiliation whatsoever with Tony Robbins, Robbins Research, or Vision Pursuit. The…
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Young Entrepreneur Journey
This evening I came across Michael Simmons – Young Entrepreneur Journey. I’ll be watching his blog closely. Michael is 21 and has achieved so much. A student at Stern School of Business at NYU and award winning young entrepreneur, he has written The Student Success Manifesto. Its subtitle is How to create a life of…
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Intelligence and Wealth
Oh no! Richard Lynn has an article on Intelligence and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations, take a look at Table 4: IQs for 185 countries: National IQs Based on the Results of Intelligence Tests and Estimated National IQs (marked by *) Based on the IQs of Neighbouring or Other Comparable Countries. Now Richard’s research…