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    I've accomplished a lot, but failed. What do I do

    HOT! MINDSET 
    ...as an employee or entrepreneur. Tommy, spend time learning more new skills, business or not. Get more comfortable with learning, whether it's killing tomato plants in your new garden, getting kicked in the face sparring at the local dojo or whatever.
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    I am scared to move up in to management

    Just serve your people like you wish your manager did, and make sure it is in a way that is in the company's best interest. Performance of your people is a testament to your skill, give your team all the credit. My bigger fear for you is "climbing the ladder". The higher you are, the bigger...
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    You have no experience or schooling, what do you do?

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    If you have to ask this question, go start on a degree at community college while working a J-O-B and saving more money.
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    How do you manage sleep cycles?

    Ask any parent about biphasic/polyphasic sleep. I felt like I was going to die a few months in. I was REALLY screwed up and non-productive.
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    What the f*ck are they saying

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    You have no idea if this will be true. In fact, statistically, it probably won't be.
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    Gotta love this name

    MARKETING 
    My favorite- http://schiit.com/ He has a great thread going on head-fi that is basically an e-book on starting the company worth checking out. (He talks about problems the name can cause) http://www.head-fi.org/t/701900/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up I also...
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    I'm At Work Right Now, And I REALLY Want to Quit. Should I?

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    NMM
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    What the f*ck are they saying

    HOT! 
    No kidding...
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    Bridge burned and lesson learned.

    PEOPLE 
    You're being a drama queen. Your dad might not understand what you're doing, but he's kept a roof over your head, and food in your belly. So he does know something. You're not over it, but you need to get over it, or pack up and move out before the bridge is actually burned. I had to move...
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    Is it really THAT hard? Can I do it?

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    Yes, it is. http://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/research/2010/05/the-anatomy-of-an-entrepreneur I typically bite my tongue on this topic (on the site) as I do not want to demotivate, but this info is out there, and my experience matches the data. Do NOT, PLEASE DO NOT, use this as an excuse...
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    Richard Branson is splitting up jobs into part-time from fulltime in UK

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    Page & Brin's #1 problem is finding talent to install. The "wars" between companies like Apple and Google over engineers are very public and have ended up in court. I think that's why you see Brin jump in like he did. You don't want top candidates thinking the CEO is strategizing how they're...
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    Why You Need To Leave Your Job NOW

    Do not presume ignorance on my part because I disagree. "...Ah, the commandment of Control Most jobs pay you on a bi weekly basis, that means that you'll work at least 1-3 weeks before you get paid. This means your F*cking livelihood is in mid-air. Your money is on their court, not yours. The...
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    Why You Need To Leave Your Job NOW

    If you need to get paid daily, business is not for you. Nothing has less predictable cashflow than a young business.
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    RICH KIDS

    HOT! PEOPLE 
    From your post, I guess you're probably young, and childless. Even a true slowlaner should be saving enough money their kids will at some point end up rich even by Western standards. I think about rich kids a lot, not because I envy them, but because I am now a father and want to raise a kid...
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    Switching to fastlane - Your odds are better in europe then US?

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    Misleading chart, and one almost surely created by a slowlaner to prove a certain political bias. The size of the middle class and social mobility is somewhat important because it provides a bigger pool of consumers (and people who feel richer spend more), but it is a global world, and even...
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    RICH KIDS

    HOT! PEOPLE 
    I think this is very tricky. I agree with your observation. But I also noticed the kids that got the best grades and joined the most groups also tended not to be working their way through. It's like anything in parenting, global rules rarely seem to work. (Mom and Dad never gave me a cent...
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    More and more people are choosing the sidewalk?

    You have to be really careful with these data. Most "entrepreneurs", as counted by the government, are self-employed people who are not building a business with much, if any, intrinsic value. It's really not all that different than a job. Except your boss is more of an a**hole. ;)
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    What would you tell your 18 or 25 year old self?

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    This. So much this. Lots of self employed men in my family, and I believed you couldn't take physical risks owning your own business due to being around them. I wanted to race motorcycles, climb mountains, launch off them on my snowboard and travel all over. I believed I had to get all of my...
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    RICH KIDS

    HOT! PEOPLE 
    Heh, great response. I've actually met more snobby middle class kids than rich ones, simply due to the law of averages. (In some ways I think the middle class kind is worse for kids, as this lifestyle is usually built on a lie with debt, not earned by someone the rich kid can look to emulate.)...
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    30 Year old sold his startup for 170 million $ just wrote 1284 slides on how to win life

    HOT! MINDSET 
    We left the Silicon Valley for a place more well known for retirement than entrepreneurship. We work from home as employees today (both in tech). We have had interesting conversations with local entrepreneurs and angels that weigh in on both sides of the issue. We do too. What I will say is...

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