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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:07 PM Original message |
A Recipe for Riches (Traits that billionaires share) |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder how many come from poor families. Zip, maybe? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Did you read the story? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. There's no such thing as a "Self Made Billionaire". |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Given those criteria.... |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. "Did you read the story?" |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Doh! |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. No, I didn't because there isn't a link. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Thati s a HUGE part of it... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Uh, yeah, I read it. MBA, dropout, Skull and Bones, Goldman Sachs, yadda yadda yadda. nt |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Interesting. 80% are first-generation millionaires. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Jobs is probably the closest to coming from "modest" means. The overwhelming |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Link? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Start here. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. That doesn't support your argument. nt |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 04:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It does if you bother to read and do a little research. I know that's asking a lot |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I did... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. If you had, you wouldn't be asking this. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Did it mention a lack of morals? |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I'm reading "Threshold" by Thom Hartmann |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Sounds like a good read, I'll have to check it out |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I said they didn't care how they made their billion and was asked by the op if I read the article. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Are Ben & Jerry immoral? The woman who created Burt's Bees? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Or every successful actor, musician, or writer ... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. None of them are even close to being rich enough to make the list, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. um, let's see: go to harvard but drop out, be born in september, be good at math. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I imagine.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. the "tips" are bullshit pap for idiots. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. They are not tips... |
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