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Luck vs Talent: Why Billionaires are successful

Whether you an entrepreneur starting a business or a veteran in your industry, you can’t deny that luck has some influence on your success. Sure! resilience, hard work, and talent does play a significant role in success but as Google billionaire Eric Schmidt puts it; there’s another that can’t be left off the list….. Luck! Looking on as the world contends with the Covid-19 epidemic, It’s inevitable that most people will be looking towards the future for answers. Hard work will suffice to say be an important element in rebuilding the economy. But, there will only be a few very fortunate businesses and people who will rise to the top. My interest in the topic is to identify what will make these people or businesses luckier than most. But, also to what extent do the perceptions of luck discourage people from becoming entrepreneurs. Mark Zuckerberg, during a Facebook Live event, acknowledges that one of the reasons he was able to do what he could is because he was raised with a cert...
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5 Books to Start Creating A Growth Mindset

A successful business owner never stop learning. There's an adage that "Leaders are readers", most of the successful leaders in the world today like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet read on average about 50 books a year.  It takes 30 min each day to complete one book a month, which is still more than what the average desk-employee reads.

Here are the 5 books I would recommend to anyone committed to consistent self-improvement: 

Mindset

  1. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
  2. Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
  3. The Miracle Morning by Hal Enrod
  4. The 3 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris
  5. The One Thing by Gary Keller

Real Estate

  1. The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller
  2. The Book on Rental Properties by Brandon Turner
  3. BRRR investing by David Greene
  4. The Book on Flipping Houses by J Scott
  5. The ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy

Business

  1. The Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
  2. The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E.Gerber
  3. The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone
  4. The 80/20 Principle by Richard Kock
  5. Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

Marketing

  1. Sales Dogs by Blair Singer
  2. Work the System by Sam Carpenter
  3. 80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall
  4. Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy
  5. Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuk

Networking

  1. How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  2. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie 
  3. Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
  4. Give and Take by Adam Grant


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