Posts Tagged Under: magnate

Quote of the Day by Warren Buffett

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We tend to think of society as a super-organism that follows strict rules and runs like clockwork. At a macroscopic level, this description is fairly correct. But at an individual level, things tend to differ quite a lot.

Unlike other organisms, humans have the luxurious advantage of deciding whether or not they will do something at any given time. Unless someone is holding a gun to your head, you are pretty much free to do whatever you want, every second of every day. Free will hasn’t always played out well for humanity, but it’s undeniable that we have it in copious amounts.

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The Biggest Magnates Got Inspired With These Books, And You Should Too

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Wouldn’t it be great to gain entry into the minds of contemporary moguls? You might think that scoring an interview will do the trick, but there’s no guarantee that any of them is willing to share their entrepreneurial secrets. However, you don’t need a face to face meeting to know where they got some of their best ideas.

Visionaries like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, or the late Steve Jobs, have never made it a secret that they drew their inspiration from books. What better way to get into their heads if not by reading what they’ve read?

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What Makes A ‘Serial’ Entrepreneur

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Okay, so the headline may sound a little scary. But being a serial-something doesn’t always yield negative consequences. In entrepreneurship, it’s actually a revered quality.

A report titled “The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur,” which inspired this neat infographic, highlights some very interesting things. For example, entrepreneurship doesn’t run in the family as often as we’ve been taught to think. Or, if you’re 30 and still haven’t made the cut, don’t worry – most magnates started raking in their fortunes much later.

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