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7 Key Pieces Of Advice I Wish I Knew When I Started My First Business

These are the most important factors that will help propel you towards success when starting a small business. The content is inspired by the Office Depot Business Solutions Center as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars #GearLove I started my first business when I was 22 years old. I was a young kid who left a … Read more

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What Are the Skills That Are Most Important to Learn during Your 20s?

Communication with others.  If everything in life falls apart, then the only thing that will get you out of your mess, is how well you communicate with others.  The more genuine and sincere you are, the better.  The more off putting or condescending you are, the harder it will be to get out of the … Read more

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How Would a CFA Certification Help an Undergraduate Engineering Student Towards a Career in Finance?

Someone on Quora asked: “I am an senior undergraduate student (Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIT Calicut, India) planning to apply to MS in Finance (American and Europian BSchools), this year around December. Please give me some idea about the advantages of CFA exams in June and December respectively before applying for a masters course in … Read more

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What’s the Dumbest Thing You’ve Done for a Crush?

There’s so many stupid things I’ve done for girls I like… I can’t even think of the worst one. Was it when I watched a girl get completely wasted and cry to me for hours because she had an abortion then went home with another guy? When I drove over a hundred miles to go … Read more

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What Is the Hardest Thing about Being a Man?

Being a man, I am always expected to be perfect.  To be flawless.  To exceed expectations.  To have solutions to problems.  To know the answer to everything. I tried to do it.  Then I failed, miserably.  I put on a charade, I wore a mask. I hid my true self from the world and just … Read more

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What Is Something You Wish Everyone Knew about You?

Deep down, I just want to love with all my heart and have others love me with all their heart.  I just want to live in the same way that my grandfather had taught me to live.  I want to leave a legacy for him, for laying out the foundation to my life.  A foundation … Read more

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3 Simple Tips to Dating an Entrepreneur

Confessions of Dating a Nut Mogul – Part 1   When I first met my other half, his food smoking interest was merely a cool idea, a down-time hobby, something fun to do on the weekend when the Vancouver Canucks were in intermission. Fast forward three months and I feel like he has a different … Read more

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Why Must a Leader Accept Criticism of Their Team, but Share Credit with Teammates?

Because it means you are taking responsibility.  You’re responsible for ALL shortcomings of your team.  You are not responsible for the success either, your team is. — Originally posted on Quora. Leonard Kim consults startups and writes books like The Etiquette of Social Media: How to Connect and Respond to Others in the World of … Read more

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Is There Such a Thing as a Useless Person?

No one is completely useless. They can always serve as a bad example. — Originally posted on Quora. Leonard Kim consults startups and writes books like The Etiquette of Social Media: How to Connect and Respond to Others in the World of Social Media  

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What Is It like to Do a Quoracast?

I did a Quoracast last week that was published today. It was the first time I ever did a podcast of any sorts, so it was kind of nerve breaking. I stumbled over myself a few times, but in the end, I think it went pretty well. We just went through it once, talking about … Read more