Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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Always Remember... Once You Give Up Your Rights, You Can Never Get Them Back. Once You Turn On That Police State, You Can Never Turn It Off.
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I Believe The Failure To Punish Wall Street Criminals Is The Core Cause Of Our Sick Economy.
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Funny how the U.S. sends in the military to fight “terrorists” in any country which has resources we want....
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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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George Bernard Shaw once said: “Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.” When liberals make the argument that capitalism is the cause of all of our problems, they are either speaking out of abject ignorance or being totally disingenuous to protect their own political interests. We have not had true free-market capitalism in this country on any wide scale. Where we have had economic successes in this nation’s history, it has been those times when people have done something outside of the government’s involvement. Every single time the federal government has been involved, it has created chaos, waste, and corruption. The historical record is overwhelmingly one of gross incompetence.
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There are no such things as secrets only truths that have yet to be revealed.
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Time is a currency you can only spend once.
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Building companies rules of the game have all changed today. It used to cost millions of dollars to do anything substantial. You'd get VC backing & then you'd hire the team to build it. Now it's deploy or die.
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The real measure of your "wealth" is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.
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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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Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.
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Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times.
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Myth: Bail-in plans would recapitalize big banks. Fact: big banks are far too insolvent to remotely be in a position for such restoration.
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The government does not have a lot of answers, so the more we rely on the government, the more dependent we become, and the more we put our faith into the hands of others. I like the Chinese proverb that says you can give someone a fish or you can teach him how to fish. Enough of taking fish, it’s time to teach people how to fish, how to create their own wealth. This is my mantra.
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Never let anyone define who you are.
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I find it insane to say, "Work hard," when the harder you work, the more you pay in taxes... Crazy.
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You don’t need to come up with a game-changing solution to every problem. If you develop tunnel-vision on each and every hiccup, you will inevitably lose sight of the big picture and not be able to sustain your business. Those who think more in terms of turning a negative outcome into a positive potential have a much better chance of riding out the rough times.
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One of the greatest accomplishments in life is doing what people say you can't do.
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Keep people in your life who truly love you, motivate you, and make you happy. If you know people who do none of these things, let them go.
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My Only Boss is Money.
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Successful entrepreneurs figure out when to drive their ideas forward & when to listen to constructive criticism.
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As you get older you'll understand that it's not about what you look like or what you own, it's all about the person you've become.
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I believe Money is too important to leave in the hands of government officials.
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Passion isn't enough for financial success. Your passion needs to make you money.