Tag: society
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Supporting Small Businesses: Building Stronger Communities
in BusinessMany of us have great admiration for big businesses such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc., but it’s, in fact, the small businesses, such as the local coffee shop, the little corner store, the new Mexican restaurant, and the budget barbershop that hold our economy and society together. It’s also the small businesses that employ the…
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Billionaire give $1,200,000 cash to 1,200 students at graduation speech
in OpinionThat was billionaire Robert Hale who delivered a commencement speech at Dartmouth University. Instead of the typical speech such as “Follow your dreams,” or “be yourself,” or “Work hard” so on and so forth, he gave hard cold cash, in envelopes. 1,200 envelops with $1,000 cash money. That’s $1.2 million dollars. That’s the best way…
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Balancing work and life with Ali Wong and Scott Galloway
The first clip was comedian Ali Wong on a Netflix comedy series called Netflix is a joke. I think this clip is funny only because there is a lot of truth in it. The second clip is Scott Galloway, who is a professor of marketing, public speaker, author, podcast host, entrepreneur, and a multimillionaire. As Scott Galloway…
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What if your ambition is to get high and watch TV
This was a clip from the movie Jackie Brown, a 1997 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Melanie, the blonde girl, likes to get high. She doesn’t care about anything other than the TV show she is watching and the marijuana she is smoking. Ordell, the black guy, tells Melanie that too…
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Ryan Serhant, from drama student to real estate millionaire
Ryan Serhant is one of the most successful and well-known real estate brokers in the world. He was a theater student who waited tables to pay his rent. Out of desperation he turned to real estate. He currently stars on the TV series Million Dollar Listing New York Through a combination of hard work, personal charm, and…
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The “How to get Rich” half-truths (and the truth!)
You probably have been told by society and maybe by your parents, that if you want to make lots of money, you have to work hard and get some kind of degree. And working hard and getting a diploma helps a lot but that’s not the whole story. In many cases, working hard and having…