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	Always remember ... You are not designed for everyone to like you. Get used to it.   
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	Never ask a question if you can’t handle the answer.   
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	Always remember...the stronger your position in life, the more enemies you're gonna have .. while friends come and go.   
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	If a problem can be solved by writing a check, it's not a problem, it's an expense.   
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	Figure out what you do best, and build a team second to none around that... # 1 Requirement in building first class companies.   
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	Always remember... When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.   
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	Time has now come which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves.   
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	Our MANDATE at Blackhawk is to create mega-millionaires. Period. More wealth for our clients, more power for all of us ...the People.   
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	Would the child you were yesterday admire the person you are today? If not, adjust for desired results.   
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	I wish politicians the world over would stop claiming credit for economic growth that happens despite them, not because of them. Grow up...   
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	Capitalism is the most powerful tool for positive social change.   
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	I'm not Democrat or Republican: I Vote Entrepreneur.   
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	Myth: USDollar is money. Fact: Gold & Silver are money. USDollar is legal tender/debt brought down to low parcels for spending purposes.   
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	You need to be loyal to the people who have helped you in the past & gave you a break when you were not a big player.   
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	Myth: US housing market is in recovery. Fact: Big banks have been hiding their bloated home inventory, seized by virtue of home foreclosures.   
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	Building a business doesn't mean getting venture capital funding. It means finding customers and making money.   
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	Only idiots get bored when we've all got handheld devices containing infinite knowledge at our fingertips.   
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	A major reason so many start-ups fail is the flawed assumption that if the product is good enough, consumers will find it, the Field of Dreams philosophy of Build it and they will come. Except a lot of times, they don’t. Founders can be overly optimistic when it comes to acquiring customers instead of better preparing for what is usually a time consuming and expensive aspect of growing a business.   
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	When you're rich, 'crazy' is just 'eccentric'.   
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	Forget the housing, bond or derivatives bubbles … Fraud Is the Biggest Bubble of all time.   
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	I believe "Leadership" is creating the environment for the greatness in people to emerge.   
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	I believe if you don't keep constantly pushing the envelope and outgrowing yourself you're going to get real old sooner than you think.   
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	The best way to develop people is to constantly get them out of their comfort zone.   
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	If judging people on first impressions were an Olympic sport, they'd suspect me of using steroids.   
