Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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Challenge conventional wisdom. There is almost always a better way.
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Once you find your dream, risk everything to make it come true.
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When you want something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done.
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Talent attracts capital more effectively than capital attracts talent.
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Often in life we forget the things we should remember and remember the things we should forget.
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Your best friends should bring out the best in you. If they don't, lose them; they are no friends.
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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 believe one of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.
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Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people will come to you and stay.
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The Key point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.
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When someone talks about their problems, it doesn't just mean they're complaining, it means they trust you enough to tell you.
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Trade and wealth creation is not all upside. It is failure, too. Failure is a necessary component to growth and success. Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times but also hit 714 home runs. We need to let failing entities fail. Only then will successful people turn these enterprises back into wealth-creating vehicles again. “Too big to fail” is a concept that perpetuates failure and saps vitality from the rest of the wealth creators to do so.
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I believe the United States government is being systematically taken over by a revolutionary network. They call themselves Progressives, but we know they are really leftist radicals, dedicated to the demise of the free-market capitalist system. They have co-opted and bought off leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties, established a dominant role in all three branches of government and thoroughly co-opted the mainstream media.
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There's no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections.
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Most leadership writing today advises us on how to prosper within the system. I believe real leadership is about transforming the system.
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I am not a killer. I just win - Thoroughly - After all, winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.
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To create real wealth you must abandon your limited thinking, eliminate boundaries, and stop defining the outcome. Most importantly it means not letting people motivated by jealousy, greed, and envy dictate what your limitations are. You have to take risks in life. Your actions are what count.
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I only love when money makes a difference and not makes you different.
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It's not rocket science. Hong Kong has 95% tax compliance, because it's code is only 4 pages long with a 15% flat tax.
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For Lebanon to have any future, gotta adopt a resolute policy v/s terrorism. Whoever plots against the land should bear the consequences.
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There is a difference between skill and talent. Master the skill to allow the talent out.
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I do not believe in the power of brand names or in emulating any of the brand name investors out there. It is a fact that all—if not at least most—of the biggest names in American finance and industry out there today have proven after the 2008 crisis to be some of the most incompetent people there are. Starting with the untouchable Goldman Sachs, who was bailed out by over $5 billion from Warren Buffett, to AIG and Citibank, who were bailed out by the hundreds of billions of dollars from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), having a name and a history does not make you the brightest and the best. All it takes is one nincompoop with a huge ego or a board of directors who think they are smarter than everyone else to destroy what has taken generations to build.
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Why do people look to the government to fix the economy? It's mind-boggling.
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Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.