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Redemption and Legacy The Story of Easy Eddie and Butch O'Hare

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I'll tell youtwo short stories. The first is set in the 1920s. It's a true story. There was a man in those days called Al Capone . I don't know if you know the name, but he was a very famous gangster . He dealt in illegal trade alcohol, gambling, tr afficing , drugs etc and he was a very violent man. And he had a friend known as Easy Eddie, who was a lawyer . And Easy Eddie had a great talent. He knew exactly how to bribe, persuade or threaten to get what he wanted . for example, he would bribe judges, police sergeants, jurors, witnesses. And what it meant, at one point, to give you an example, Al Capone beat a man to death with a baseball bat in a restaurant that was filled with over 100 people and there was not a single witness willing to come forward to testify against Al capone . And that was down to the skills and threat of Easy Eddie. So Al Capone recognized his abilities and he gave him everything. Cadillacs, jewellery. At one point he gave him an e...

The Power of Quiet Leadership: Lead Without a Title, Rise Without Ego

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    The thing about a master is they always think they are an apprentice.And the thing about a professional is they keep the mindset of an amateur, always hungry to learn, improve and evolve . We visited this concept before. Y et it's essential that I reinforce it for you. So that you remember it, after our time together is over. Becoming an expert in your field is dangerous. Why? For the reason that experts fall into the trap of believing they know every-thing. They develop a huge sense of pride in all they know. So they stop being willing to change their minds and they stop studying, preparing, working, innovating and optimizing. So they rest on their laurels and think that because they're at the top they I automatically remain at the top. This arrogance is the beginning of their end. I encourage you to do whatever it takes to insulate your humbleness as you rise in the success that will attract more money to you. Humility is necessary for enduring mastery . And ...

The habit stack of super wealthy people

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  Super w e al thy people have the following nine habits in com mon:   Habi t #1: Monomaniacal Focus   At a time when the maj ority is suffering from Broken Focus Syndrome, the money moguls ha ve dev eloped the magnificent ability to concentrate almost complet ely , on the near-flawless execution of the few projects that will ma k e their echical ambitions real. When they work, they do real work ve r sus fake work and understand the uselessness of being busy . And wasting hours of their finest days mindlessly browsing online or following trivial pursuits.   Habit #2: Undefeatable Positivity Financial titans are unbreakable optimists . They value a better world because of their inno v ations and hope for a richer future because of their inventions. They are masters of entrepreneurship instead of entitlement, really believing that their creativity, productivity, teamwork and cont ri butions to their industry are dramatically more essential to their ...

The power of vision and resilence in the Tech world

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  This young CEO turned down a $1.5 BILLION offer from Mark Zuckerberg. Everyone said he was crazy. Zuckerberg was furious , he threatened to copy the entire product and vowed to crush the company . But today t hat same company is worth over $13 BILLION and it’s 10x better. Here’s how one bold “NO” rewrote tech history forever: In November 2013 , A 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, co-founder of a rising photo-sharing app called Snapchat, flies to Los Angeles for a private meeting . Waiting for him is Mark Zuckerberg, then 26, the billionaire CEO of Facebook. At the time Facebook is worth $104 billion Snapchat was just 2 years old, run by college dropouts with zero revenue But Snapchat is growing fast. Too fast that Zuckerberg sees it as a threat . So he makes a bold move He offers $1.5 billion in cash to buy Snapchat and shut down the competition. But what happened next shocked everyone. Evan Spiegel didn’t even let Mark Zuckerberg finish his pitch. He rejected th...