The Hard Thing About Hard Things
I read Ben Horowitz’s book titled The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers over two years ago...
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Mike Gorlon
Jan 2, 201714 min read
Ideas And Opinions From Albert Einstein
When I read a book, I like to underline and write down the page number of what I underlined on the inside cover. The purpose of this is...
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Mike Gorlon
Jan 2, 20174 min read
5 More Really Interesting and Insightful Thoughts To Read
(1.) "What does it mean that our sun is 93 million miles away? Often we need to translate a number to something more understandable....
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Mike Gorlon
Jan 1, 20173 min read
5 Really Interesting and Insightful Thoughts To Read
(1). "If the entire timeline of the universe were broken down into a single calendar year, all known human history - every king,...
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Mike Gorlon
Jan 1, 20175 min read
Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos', Shareholder Letters
I spent 5 hours on a plane flying to Las Vegas for a friend's wedding so this gave me a lot of extra time to read. Where as most people...
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 31, 201618 min read
Tiny Beautiful Things
One of my favorite books is Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed. This is a book that I came...
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 31, 20165 min read
Prem Watsa's Thoughts On What Threaten the Global Economy
Prem Watsa has often been referred to as the "Canadian Warren Buffett" for his fabulous track record in investing. He has a very similar...
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 31, 20164 min read
My Number One Investment Recommendation To All Employees
If I was a financial planner, what is the first investment I would look to make for my client? The answer to this question isn’t the...
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 31, 20163 min read
The Secret That So Many People Don't Do Enough Of To Get Ahead
I was scrolling around Yahoo.com a couple of months ago and I came across a Business Insider article that caught my attention. A former...
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 31, 20164 min read
There Is No Such Thing As 100% Certainty
I was reading the book Writing that Works by Kenneth Roman and Joel Raphaelson, and in the speeches and presentations chapter of this...
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 31, 20165 min read
This Is Water - A Commencement Speech On How To Become A Better Thinker
In my opinion, David Foster Wallace gave the second best commencement speech after Steve Jobs. I encourage everyone to read this one....
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 31, 20166 min read
10 Life Lessons From A Naval Admiral
Naval Admiral William H. McRaven gave a great speech on the life lessons that he learned from his training to be a Navy Seal. Naval...
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 31, 20162 min read
Inspirational Words From Steve Jobs's Commencement Speech
Steve Jobs' commencement speech is by far my favorite one because it is short, simple, inspirational and there is so much wisdom and...
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 31, 20162 min read
What Would Happen If You Traveled At The Speed of Light
“Traveling close to the speed of light you would hardly age at all, but your friends and your relatives back home would be aging at the...
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Mike Gorlon
Dec 29, 20163 min read
Escaping Our Old Ideas Is Difficult
"The difficulty lies not in the new ideas but in escaping from the old ones." ...
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