“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” -George Bernard Shaw “Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.” [...]
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
The Pack Mentality
50% of our personality is determined by genetics; the other 50% is determined by… Nurture. (Nope.) Circumstances. (Nope.) Peers. Yep. At least that’s what Marcus says, in his book, and I don’t think he’s making it up. (Studies, research, formal stuff like that seem to be involved here.) [Read more about that concept here.] Continue reading
{Think Like an Entrepreneur} Passion to Overcome Your Weakness
This may come as a surprise to you, but if you are a freelancer then yes, my friend, you are an entrepreneur. Fernando Trias de Bes wrote The Little Black Book of Entrepreneurship, in which he talks about choosing your market sector: “Going into a sector you don’t know reduces your odds of success. Why? [...]




