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The following are some points that stood out to me while reading How to Get Rich, by Donald Trump, listed here by chapter. I’ve bolded both chapter titles (which are lessons in themselves) and extremely important points within the quotes. I’ve also added some personal observations in [brackets].

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If you’ve ever created a resume, I’m sure you’ve heard something along the lines of “make sure you put ‘goal oriented’ somewhere in there. Employers like that.” If you’ve ever owned a business, you understand the idea of being goal oriented better than most, since without goals you wouldn’t have started the business in the [...]

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Synchronicity is a funny thing: one minute it’s nowhere to be found, the next minute it’s everywhere you look, in everything you see, feel and think. I’ve been reevaluating much of what it is I do, why I do it and why those reasons are there in the first place. I’m discovering more and more [...]

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The Wife and I broke down and finally bought seasons 2.5 and part of season 3 of Battlestar Galactica from the iTunes store this past week. This morning we were watching the first episode of season 3, “Occupation/Precipice” (they’re sold as one episode) when a few things said caught my ear. I’m in the process [...]

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One thing that amazes me about teachers is how much power they really have in shaping their students’ futures, and how sickeningly often they seem to blow it. Don’t get me wrong, I highly respect teachers, but I wish more of them would take courses on leadership, or at the very least people skills. Case [...]

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Twice have I gone to the theater to see the new film The Pursuit of Happyness and twice have I failed to get tickets. It’s the strangest phenomenon. The shows would be available while we are there on line, but would be sold out while we are just a few people away from acquiring our [...]

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That’s right everyone. It’s the season tons of kids around the U.S. have been anticipating. All across the nation children are bursting with emotion as the ever memorable days approach. You guessed it! It’s crunch time to get your college applications in to your desired university!

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A few weeks back, my mom and I were discussing issues regarding business ownership and how my dad has almost always run his own businesses. At one point I told her — having made this realization at that very moment — that I had very few memories of my father outside the pizzeria he when [...]

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I blogged about TED a while back, but with all the recent updates (relative to that last post) I thought it might be a good idea to do so again. I also thought it might be a good idea to post videos of the talks for you to enjoy and learn from.

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This weekend I was talking to a friend (and advisor) about my goals for the next month and year. (Mostly financial.) One thing he talked about was the feeling of urgency within goals. I’ll paraphrase a bit of what he said here: You can have all sorts of goals and dreams. That’s great. The thing [...]

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