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The Best Way to Invest in Yourself If You Have $10,000 to Spend
Are you trying to acquire wisdom? If so, then quit your job and go work for an early staged startup. Put your all into it and try your hardest to make it succeed. Use the $10,000 to live off of. Minimize all your expenses and learn how the business world works. In most cases, the … Read more

Why You Shouldn’t Lend Money to a Friend in Need
Should money be lent to a friend in desperate need? Lend? No. That would ruin our friendship because they’ll never be in a position to pay me back. Give? Sure, why not. — Originally posted on Quora. Leonard Kim is Managing Partner at InfluenceTree. At InfluenceTree, Leonard and his team teach you how to build … Read more

How to Spend $35 to Get the Best Return on Investment
1. Go to Google. Type in Godaddy. Click on the 99 cent ad. Buy a web domain for 99 cents. 2. Go to One Dollar Hosting. Sign up for 12 months for $12. You’re at $13 now. 3. Go to fiverr.com. Find someone to design a logo for you for $5. 4. Design a website … Read more

One of the Most Heroic Real-Life Acts That I’ve Heard Of
My coworker was talking to this lady on the phone today. This lady got into an accident on the freeway. Her vehicle flipped 5 times. The vehicle landed on the roof. All of the air bags deployed. She was injured, had a torn artery and blood was spewing everywhere. She was with her 7 year … Read more

What I Would Tell My Best Friend If I Could See Her One More Time
I miss my best friend. We used to talk each and every day, from 2004 up until February 2013. We had disputes at times, and parted ways for a while, but always ended back as best friends. We watched each other fall, go through heartbreak, falter, and lose ourselves. We stayed close when each of … Read more

The Difference Between Depression and Laziness
Laziness = I want to lay around in bed all day. Depression = All I can do is lay around in my bed because I hate my life. I’m so sad and miserable. I wish things would change or if I was dead. Would anyone miss me? — Originally posted on Quora. Leonard Kim is … Read more

How I Tell How Smart Someone Is
Is it possible to tell how intelligent someone is by the way they talk? I don’t know. I find the bigger the words that someone uses, the more that person feels as if they’re an elitist. It’s almost as if they feel that they want to be better than me. Also, I have no clue … Read more

A Fun Fact About Money That Few People Know About
Two dollar bills bring luck and joy to everyone. Everyone loves receiving $2 bills, especially waiters and people in the service industry! Yet no one really knows how easy they are to attain. All you have to do is go to the bank and ask for them. They’ll have them ready for you in a week. You … Read more

What It Feels Like to Date a Rich Woman
My friend went out on a few dates with this multimillionaire. I think she’s worth nine figures. My friend was old enough to drink in California, so he’s around 21-25. I think he’s 25 now, and I don’t remember exactly when this happened, so let’s assume he was 23. He posted up an ad on … Read more

What I’ve Learned as an Early Employee at a Startup
Don’t work for any company with a single founder. Interview your C.E.O. Call references. Talk to their clients. See if they’re worth working for. Get feedback from as many people as possible before committing to your venture. Weigh out the pros and cons. If you can’t trust your C.E.O., then there is no future for … Read more