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    You Need to Have A Bigger "Why" (What's Yours?)

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    In my book, this is "love". It is absurd to call it "love" if you can abandon it for the sake of having a successful business doing something else. The word "love" is clearly too ambiguous to properly capture and distinguish between the different aspects of enjoyment, finding meaning in, finding...
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    Honesty - how to handle dishonest employee

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    Regarding "having a conversation" with her, I've had managers have conversations with me along the lines of "You [my employee] are not creating enough value for me. Here is how you can create more value for me." That usually destroyed any good will I had towards the company. Usually my answer...
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    Honesty - how to handle dishonest employee

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    Maybe she is starting her own fastlane in the meantime :smile2: Every other person on this forum suggests to use your current job to do just that. So this is no more stealing than much of the advice on this forum. Have you ever moved your business offshore to pay less taxes? Many people say...
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    How much equity should I give this All-Star?

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    Delay the decision. There are other instruments besides equity and salary, if you are concerned about giving away too much equity. For example, once you are profitable, you can pay him 3X the normal hourly amount for all the hours worked (e.g. $500/hour). That can be in addition to equity...
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    Argument for Doing A Passion-Based Business?

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    I think the problem with passion-based business can be a confusion as to what you want more. That is, do you want to be engaging in a certain activity more frequently, do you want to get good at it, or do you want a certain lifestyle? Or a mix of all of those? If you want to be the best...
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    Practice Perfect : If you want to get better at ANYTHING read this book

    What makes you think it's the best book on the subject? Consider also e.g. The Talent Code.
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    Ways to grow self awareness

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    Since you are after self-awareness, notice that there is a subtle touch of negativity here, suggesting that you see yourself "better" than the average person. Also, I disagree with this statement; I believe that the modern level of self-awareness is unparalleled in history. I cringe when I hear...
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    Required viewing: Why creating value is a *moral* imperative - Jonathan Haidt on the power of Capitalism

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    Those are hardly problems at all, if you put them into context. And I find the comparison between capitalism and socialism absurd. The problem is that first well-meaning fanatics proclaim those arguments, then cynics come after them. Those cynics could not care less about creating value. They...
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    Confused About Health-Dental-Eye Insurance Thread

    By the way, if you have an HSA, don't use it immediately. Instead wait until later in the year and reimburse yourself later and only if it makes logical sense to do so. The reason is, if you hit the medical deduction limit, it is better to not use your HSA as everything above the medical...
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    Now I see why people start MLM Companies

    Yep. As an interesting example, MMM was an infamous ponzi scheme in modern Russia: MMM (Ponzi scheme company) - Wikipedia Even after the government intervened and they were required to print a disclaimer on each share along the lines of "Those shares have no intrinsic value, cannot be exchanged...
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    Is CENTS Destructive to Action?

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    In my experience, it's the same with every framework, entrepreneurial or not. There are people out there who just take action. Like this guy I worked with who just decided to start a company and spent two years working on it like crazy. He ended up shutting it down, and arguably he did make a...
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    What are the Best Sales Books that You Guys Have Read?

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    I was really impressed by "How Brands Grow" by Byron Sharp. While I am not a marketer myself, it matched what I saw at one of my jobs, where I've got to stare at a lot of sales analytics. The book in a nutshell explains, allegedly relying on extensive empirical research that is frequently...
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    How to (create threads that) get engagement

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    Creating more activity. Because you wrote, "I’m not saying everyone has to create threads all the time. " and I concur.
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    How to (create threads that) get engagement

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    I also think it's a misguided target. I was at a conference on recommendation systems (ACM RecSys) and still remember the quote from Netflix: LinkedIn lamented the so-called puzzles. You may remember those clickbait posts, "99% could not solve this genius puzzle. Can you?" In fact, they said...
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    Beating myself up

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    I'd say, if you feel focused and motivated 20% of the time, that is great. Then just cultivate a skill: whenever you slip into misery, notice it and bring yourself back. Progress, not perfection. What separates the successful from the SUPER successful is not feeling great all the time; it is...
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    My experience thus far at Tony Robbins Unleash the Power Within Seminar

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    Interesting writeup. My thoughts: Overall: you are obviously excited. Wait for 2-3 weeks though and see, what has actually changed. Details: 1. State is for amateurs. Whatever you do, you have to learn to be excellent in any kind of state. Though it's good to be aware of your state: e.g...
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    Forum Self-Promotion Opp: Offers, Links, Your Business, More! (July W2)

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    Hi, my name is Sergey. My new blog Self Improvement Mindset - Learning strategies, breakthrough ideas and winning mindsets for the top 3%. contains my thoughts on learning difficult skills, long-term, such as software development, piano, martial arts, sales, you name it. Some of my...
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    An 18 year and still in highschool

    Society penalizes you hard if you drop out of high school. It's like having a felony on your criminal record. If things don't work out, you'll struggle to buy food. So yes, finish it.
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    It's finally up!

    Hmm, that was my perception as well, so it makes two of us :smile2: IMHO, make it look like https://streeteasy.com/ Otherwise, people come, see no stuff and leave. You should really have a button "How It Works", where it explains everything 3-4 steps. I have no idea how it works (e.g. do I...
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    Mindset - Where To Go and What To Do

    Not a concern in my experience. If they could do it without you, they would already be building something else. Most developers are not good entrepreneurs, and they are also perfectionists, so they won't start anything until things are perfect. Let me tell you the biggest concern: it is that...

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