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    What Are You Selling? Post Your Offer, Biz, Links to The Forum (April 2020)

    SELF-PROMOTION 
    As another idea, if you have a working business and want a data science/analytics consultation, I am willing to offer a FREE 2-hour session for up to 10 people. My credentials: successful startup exit as a key employee (data scientist), Math Ph.D., 20 years of programming experience, coauthored...
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    What Are You Selling? Post Your Offer, Biz, Links to The Forum (April 2020)

    SELF-PROMOTION 
    Can you help sell data science analytics/R&D to companies (U.S. only)? (in the areas of credit risk or mortgage lead generation) Our R&D has been issued to underwrite upwards of $2 billions of personal loans in the U.S. We have worked or partnered with large players, from a top 10 U.S. bank to...
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    The Worldwide C0VlD-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Discussion Thread...

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    Data scientist here. I have downloaded the data for the coronavirus and did a little bit of modeling, mostly in the U.S. It looks sad... Consider this: it went from 1 case to 1000 in 50 days. And most of the early days it was not really growing, but for simplicity just project the same rate...
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    What little things do you do against distractions?

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    - structured rules and penalties for breaking them. E.g. playing chess online was a distraction for me (I am an awful player). Currently I am only allowed to do it one day in 2 months, and I have to donate $100 to charity for every transgression. Had to donate once, after that it has worked like...
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    Have you ever used an online doctor consultation site?

    There are some really awesome doctors I know in the former Soviet Union countries who can and do give online consultations by Skype for a fee that is moderate by western standards. I have thought about making it into a business, but the big problem is liability and licensing if you claim you are...
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    Monetizing a sports blog?

    The secret is to do it without passion. What you are talking about is feeling emotions making you want to keep doing it. If you have never created a successful blog or business before, you have no reference experience and you will not feel it. Some people get pushed by desperation or other...
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    Post-employment litigation

    Consider this, did it hurt the owner of your company? That is, can the owner demonstrate losses or unrealized profits due to this unfair competition? Can those losses be quantified? Regarding incorporating your business, you should definitely study your situation and the terms of your...
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    Getting Sued For $70,000 (With Zero Assets or Funds)

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    From an ethics perspective, your friend is guilty of referring that third party to some scammers. Just because your friend is naive does not absolve them of this responsibility. If you (unknowingly) played an active part in lots of people losing their money, do you get to leave it behind...
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    Never been good with money..like ever!

    Tried it more than once. I was not reviewing those notes, however, so it was not really doing much. After a while I got used to it and would overspend with a clean conscience, knowing that it was written down never to be read again. I found it a bit like trying to set up a bunch of good habits...
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    I have a problem with MJ DeMarco (Follow your passion gets a beatdown)

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    Well, I am talking at least learning to a point that you can pay rent by teaching it and pay for coffee by performing.
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    How do I go Fastlane as an Attorney?

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    There is a Russian website Юридическая консультация онлайн - бесплатная помощь юристов и адвокатов 24 часа в сутки where you can get legal advice online, often within an hour, at an affordable cost; you set the cost upfront and if you allocate more money, it's a way to get faster response /...
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    I have a problem with MJ DeMarco (Follow your passion gets a beatdown)

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    Enjoyment doesn't count as "passion", by any standard. If you are willing to pay the price by slowly getting better at playing guitar, one decade after another, then eventually you will find a way to pay the bills. Of course, you can first spend 7 years to become a millionaire, but that is 7...
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    HOW DO I SERIOUSLY GIVE UP GAMING

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    Here is a technique that works for me: limit to gaming 1 day a month. On that day you can game 24 hours, but for any other day you have to donate $100 to charity. If that is not sustainable, start from 1 day a week, or even 3 days a week. What happened with me is that those rare days became...
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    Visualization effect

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    Just keep doing what you are doing. Visualization works, but only if you apply it persistently and intentionally. Whether you feel stronger is cute to notice but otherwise irrelevant.
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    If you could only pass on one life lesson to everyone on this forum, what would it be?

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    Don't look for opportunities. What you already have are opportunities.
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    If You're Doing This, You're Fooling Yourself That You're an Independent Thinker

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    Here is one experience of mine. I used to do a lot of yoga and meditation and chanting mantras, you get the idea. It bothered me a lot that there was this conflict between the "science" and the idea that e.g. chanting a mantra would bring me health or abundance or how pranayama would allow me...
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    Live Rent Free in Multiple Countries

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    Ukraine has good investment opportunities, so I was told, due to the crisis. I know some Ukrainian people who are taking advantage of it. But they are essentially betting on the country's future, that the economy will recover and the properties will appreciate 10X. It's really a big deal if you...
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    Sold a small apartment and I am not sure what to do with it

    Well, I heard of a person who wanted to buy a house and rent it out. He has calculated that the rent has to cover the mortgage payment... but did not think about other details such as amortization. As a result, the guy got stuck personally doing repairs every 2 weeks, so as not to end up with a...
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    Sensible words from an insensible guy?

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    There is no such thing as a "money mistake". This kind of wording is a manipulative technique meant to make you doubt yourself and listen to the guru. #2 and #3 contradict each other. The rest are just too vague to be useful. Surely, the guy is saying some good things, as does e.g. Anthony...
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    Uncommon books that you'd recommend?

    BOOKS 
    "Managing through the entrepreneurial fog" by Tim Koprowski. Chances are you haven't read that one. The guy whom I've spoken to personally a number of times was a hospital administrator in the Air Force and subsequently quit to found his own company selling materials management software to huge...

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