Just for fun – Wisdom you learned over the years
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Here is some wisdom and advise I have received over the years.
I once ask a successful man, “What made him successful”? He replied, “I wasn’t how hard I worked, it was many people I could get to work for me.” He has over 500 people working for him.
Wisdom from a bouncer in the Boston combat zone. If they come at you with their fists, you come at them with a knife, if they come at you with knife, you come at them with a gun, if they come at you with a gun, you turn around and run.
Let me know what you have learned over the years.
Todd
I once ask a successful man, “What made him successful”? He replied, “I wasn’t how hard I worked, it was many people I could get to work for me.” He has over 500 people working for him.
Wisdom from a bouncer in the Boston combat zone. If they come at you with their fists, you come at them with a knife, if they come at you with knife, you come at them with a gun, if they come at you with a gun, you turn around and run.
Let me know what you have learned over the years.
Todd
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That aside, I think integrity is a key element in success. For many of those successful people who lack integrity quickly fall out of success. See Kenneth Lay about that one.
i've posted it before, from the wisest coin dealer i ever knew.
btw, applies to non-coin things as well. it only works if you are completely honest w/ yourself, though.
K S
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WORK HARDER!!!!
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Haven't seen that in a long time.
At the dinner table the husband told the son to eat a food they didn’t like. The wife said no, but the husband insisted. The son ate the food and then immediately regurgitated the food up. The wife responded “Happy.”
A couple got into a disagreement and then the husband told the wife she was stupid. She responded, “that is why I married you.”
Todd
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And, "Women. Can't live with them, can't shoot them."
"France said this week they need more evidence to convince them Saddam is a threat. Yeah, last time France asked for more evidence it came rollin thru Paris with a German Flag on it." -Dave Letterman
" If the price is too good to be true, there's a reason "
" First impressions are lasting impressions"
" Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."
" Don't try to wrestle with a pig...it gets you all muddy and annoys the pig" ...
Sorta reminds me of my brother in law.
He has 500 people under him at the place he works, too.
(He cuts grass at the city cemetery.)
Ray
he replied, "two words: Right Decisions"
so I asked him, "how do you know what are the Right Decisions?"
he responded, "one word: Experience"
I asked him "so how does one get Experience?"
he said, "two words: Wrong Decisions"
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My Maternal Grandfather was a very successful Academic. He told me more than once: "It is not who you know, it is what you know."
My Paternal Grandfather was very successful in Business. He often told me: "It is not what you now, it is who you know."
So I grew up thinking I better both know something and know some people and hope to be lucky enough to end up in the right place and the right time
Tiger trout, Deerfield River, c. 2001.
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To be correct it's Watch out where the huskys go, and don't you eat that yellow snow!!!
"There's no sense in being stupid unless you can show it"
Andy
First POTD 9/19/05!!
You don't spit in the wind
You don't pull the mask of the ole Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim.
Never talk yourself into liking a coin.
Don't buy a coin without knowing how and where to sell it.
The entrepreneur's creed!!!
"For advice to be taken, you must charge dearly for it."
"To see what the daughter will be like in the future, observe the mother."
"Murphy was an optimist."
unknown
"All emphasis is no emphasis."
"Don't get mad, get even."
"Success is its own reward."
The Golden Rule.
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People are as happy as they make their minds up to be.--- A. Lincoln
"Beware of kind faces in dark, dingy places."
"The climb you know, is hard and slow, but the fall is quick and fast."
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
2. Any coin can be overpriced at a given point in time, but hot modern issues, especially very recent modern issues are the most likely to be overpriced. Very recent modern issues suffer from the “I’ve GOT to have it now” collector mentality, and there is a significant supply of many modern issues.
When I was 24, I was trying to decide if I should go back to school for my MBA. I was doing pretty well at my company and while I have always enjoyed learning, I wasn't sure if it was a good move. Plus, it was darn expensive. My girlfriend's father was a PhD in Psychology and offered the advice that "the best investment you can make is in yourself". I went back for the MBA and am now making 5X what I was 10 years ago. I am working for a great company (Dell Computer) where I would never be if not for the connections I made in grad school. (as Carl mentioned, it's been a bit of what you know and who you know).
On the fun side, check out this website: Demitivators Hit the links on the right - they are hilarious.
These are sort of the pessimist's view of all those motivational posters that drive you crazy. My favorite saying is "the tallest blade of grass is the first one hit by the mower".
NOTE: No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
Type collector since 1981
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Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
Pay close attention to how your date treats the waitress. That's how she really feels about people.
Doers have more fun than watchers.
Never bet a man with a one-iron and a suntan.
The lottery is a tax for people who are bad at math.
In some ways, dogs are smarter than we are. They live in the moment.
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
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Live for today as tomorrow may not arrive.
Sadly, I've learned absolutely nothing.
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When two people meet to decide how to spend a third person's money, fraud will result.
Every man has a scheme that will not work.
Friends may come and friends may go, but enemies accumulate.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
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ROFL.... sounds like someone has had their guts ripped out a few times, only to add.... if that someone says they are "confused" RUN !!!
-Robert Kennedy, Indianapolis 1968.
Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
-Albert Schweitzer
There was a fly buzzing around a barn one day when he happened on a pile of fresh horse manure. Due to the fact that it had been hours since his last meal, he flew down and began to eat. He ate and ate and ate. Finally, he decided he had eaten enough and tried to fly away. He had eaten too much though, and could not get off the ground. As he looked around wondering what to do now, he spotted a pitchfork leaning up against the wall. He climbed to the top of the handle and jumped off, thinking that once he got airborne, he would be able to take flight. Unfortunately, he was wrong and dropped like a rock, splatting when he hit the floor: Dead.
The moral to the story is: Never fly off the handle when you know you're full of $hit.