|#103 MWAVC| - Trust is the only 💵💴💶 you need.
Picked these nuggets up somewhere on the Twitterverse, and happy to share. I think a lot about how to build my “trust capital” with others, in any activity in which I’m involved. I have made my fair share of mistakes in the past, but always working to be a better man. Trust, like reputation, takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.
How to earn trust:
1 do not lie (to yourself or others)
2 do not cheat
3 do not pretend
4 do not manipulate
5 do not hide the truth
6 say what you mean
7 do not defend dishonesty
8 give trust
9 explain your decisions
10 share your intent
11 deliver on promises
12 do not brag
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Blessed hump day!
Article List— What I’m reading (10 articles a day x 7 days x 4 weeks x 12 months = 3360 articles a year).
These Startup Founders Swear By The ROI Of Reading: Here’s why I read a lot.
Unicorns vs. Horses: Sometimes your business doesn’t need to be a billion dollar company. “Building” horses probably takes as much effort, but definitely allows for more freedom. Venture capital is not for everyone or business.
Rohn: 4 Straightforward Steps to Success: “The best article I’ve read this year”, according to a trusted source.
No-Fuss Malaria Care for Nigerians Visiting from the Diaspora: I love this. Share with all your diaspora folks going back to Nigeria for Detty December.
Mark Zuckerberg on how to be a multi-billionaire and not raise spoiled kids: Privilege allows for this. Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have/ had the same mentality when raising their kids.
The future of Africa lies in its cities – so let’s get it right: Did I call this or did I call this?
Amazon expands Bezos’ elite ‘S-team,’ adding 6 execs from emerging branches of the company: More trouble for their competition. Amazon is eating up the world.
Beijing orders state offices to replace foreign PCs and software: LOL. Retaliation from America’s issues with Huawei. Unfortunate.
Podcast— What I’m listening to (1 podcast episode a day= 365 podcast episodes a year) — Broadening my experiences through others’ stories.
The Gig is Up: Haven’t listened yet, but came from a trusted source.
Book— 1 Chapter a day x 7 days x 4 weeks x 12 months = 336 chapters. Most books have 10-12 chapters, so 1 year = 28 to 33 books. And my book list is nearing 1000 books. Send help 🌚
The House of Rothschild.
“Strictly in terms of their combined capital, the Rothschilds were in a league of their own until, at the earliest, the 1880s. The twentieth century has no equivalent: not even the biggest of today’s international banking corporations enjoys the relative supremacy enjoyed by the Rothschilds in their heyday—just as no individual today owns as large a share of the world’s wealth as Nathan and James as individuals owned in the period from the mid-1820s until the 1860s (see appendix 1). The economic history of capitalism is therefore incomplete until some attempt has been made to explain how the Rothschilds became so phenomenally rich. Was there a “secret” to their unparalleled success? There are numerous apocryphal business maxims attributed to the Rothschilds—for example, to hold a third of one’s wealth in securities; a third in real estate; and a third in jewels and artworks, to treat the stock exchange like a cold shower (“quick in, quick out”); or to leave the last 10 per cent to someone else—but none of them has any serious explanatory value.”
📱📱Quote of the day
“You don’t make mistakes when you don’t have money”—Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma
Remember: “Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”