Although the mutual fund industry repeatedly tells you that “past success is no indication of future success” when investing in mutual funds, I far prefer to put my retirement savings in 5 star funds instead of 1 star ones, don’t you? Likewise when screening a new sales hire, the presence of recurring, frequent past accolades [...]
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Ernest Hemingway was a great writer. But he was also a big time drunk. He once said in an interview that he likes to take a pitcher of tequila with him when he writes. You gotta figure after that pitcher of tequila, he was feeling pretty good… My point is this: people do their best [...]
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Can you think of a better person to define the term “eccentric scientist” than Albert Einstein? What about eccentric businessmen? Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Airlines and many other multi-million businesses around the world. For me, he embodies the term “unconventional businessman”. Richard likes to do things his way. He makes decisions based [...]
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