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Inside Job

I highly recommend you see the documentary film about the global financial crisis of 2008, even those of you who feel you have read more than your share of books and articles on this topic.   This film provides several insights which I have not encountered elsewhere and almost everyone I know who has seen it found it quite worthwhile.   If this motivates you to see it or you had already been thinking about doing so, I recommend you do so sooner rather than later because it is in very limited release.   I would love to hear what you think of it. Please share your thoughts in the Comments section below.

Generation Success

In the August issue of Flare magazine, Yuki Hayashi came up with 10 Rules for holding on to success achieved at a young age. I thought they were worth repeating, in case you missed the article because these 10 Rules have application regardless of your age.   Rule # 1.  Lay the groundwork. She says: “Nobody actually comes out of nowhere and takes his or her industry by storm. They work unseen and unsung, building skills, contacts and experience, until the day they’re ready to, you know, come out of nowhere and take the industry by storm.”   Rule #2. Don’t take criticism personally. She says: “Use criticism to build your career, not undermine your self-esteem” and quotes Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me ...