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Post modernism is a dead end from the perspective of applicable wisdom. It leaves you bereft and nihilistic. And that's not good because people can't exist without a purpose

Master one thing first

Think of it like an arrow. The tip is the one thing you do exceptionally well. Master that one thing first, and once it breaks through, everything else can follow behind it.

The best support system in the world is good friends. Collect and nourish those as priceless. Good friends are those wonderful people who know all about you and still like you

Go make as many friends as you can, especially with the smartest people because those are going to be your future co-founders, your future investors, your future hires, etc...

Are you still in love with your wife?

I am. Unfortunately, she passed away about three and a half years ago, but I still love her.
We’re all on the same road - some are just ahead of others, so I’ll join her.

Success requires maturity of mindset

Part of becoming successful is the maturity of your mindset - understanding you're not always going to get the answer you want, and then navigating toward the answer you want.

Every time you make an appropriate moral decision, and you manifest moral courage in the face of your own vulnerability, then you move the world one step farther from the break

Things are tragic and difficult but there's always some stupid thing that you could do or someone else could do that could make it even worse than it has to be. So, that's life

In fact you have to get good at one of two things in life - planting in the Spring or begging in the Fall or get somebody to do it for you. Those are about the only alternatives

Anonymous accounts in social networks are problematic because it certainly enables people to allow their worst to manifest themselves, especially if they are resentful and angry

Treat People Right, Build Anything

Once you learn how to pay people and treat them properly, you could build any business. As long as you're taking care of your people, that's where the biggest opportunities are.

When school doesn’t teach you what you need

I wanted to learn how to be an investor, so I went to business school. When I got there, they didn’t have classes on how to be an investor. So I started reading books instead.

Success is something you attract, not something you pursue. Success is looking for a good place to stay. So instead of going after it, you work on yourself [Personal Development]

Somebody says to me - "If I had a million dollars I'd never work another day in my life". That's probably why the good Lord does not give them a million. They'd quit. They'd quit

Persistence gets the yes

Most people quit after being rejected. I didn't. I asked my wife out 50 times before she finally said yes. She still says, "You're the most persistent bastard (person) there is."

When one good thing happens to you it makes you a little more powerful and attractive and so that fractionally increases the possibility that another good thing will happen to you

Everyone's entitled to their opinion!

I came to the healthy realization that no stranger is going to tell me who I am. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, and I'm entitled to think your opinion doesn't matter to me.

Be empathetic and sympathetic to those around you!

The key to success is empathy. Think about others. Think about your employees. Think about your family. You get up every day being empathetic and sympathetic for those around you.

Sometimes just stay with your investment!

You become more confident in everything you're doing... that confidence enables you to stick with trades when you really should. Sometimes just stay with your investment over time.

What's the worst financial advice?

You can't save your way to wealth. If inflation is 2–3% and your money earns only 1–2% in the bank, you're going backwards - your purchasing power is being eroded by inflation.

You are a young man and all the women are rejecting you. Who's got the problem? - It's not all the women, that's a bad road to go down. If all the women are rejecting you, it's you!

Turn customers into friends

Stay the same person. Stay loyal. Stay hungry. Don't just have customers - make them your friends. Buy them an ice cream, buy them a hot dog. That's how you build something lasting.

Whatever you reap is what you've sown.
If you don't like the crop who do you look up? Answer - whoever planted it.
Where do you find who planted your crop? Answer - in the mirror

The language of the poor

I used to say - what if this happens? It's called "the language of the poor". What if this happens and on top of that if this was to happen look at the fix I'd be in I better not try