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FOUR STORIES TO START

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FOUR STORIES TO START 1. Nokia rejected Android. 2. Yahoo rejected Google. 3. Kodak turned down digital cameras. 4. Blockbuster reject Netflix. LESSONS: 1. Take risks. 2. Accept the change. 3. If you refuse to change over time, it will become obsolete. TWO MORE STORIES: 1. Facebook takes over WhatsApp and Instagram. 2. Grab takes over Uber in Southeast Asia. LESSONS: 1. Become so powerful that your competitors become your allies. 2. Reach top position and work smart with competition. 3. Keep innovating. TWO MORE STORIES: 1. Colonel Sanders founded KFC at age 65.. 2. Jack Ma, who couldn't get a job at KFC, He founded Alibaba and retired at age 55 LESSONS: 1. Age is just a number. 2. Only those who keep trying will succeed. FOR THE LAST BUT NO LAST IMPORTANT: Lamborghini was founded as a result of the revenge of a tractor owner who was insulted by Enzo Ferrari, the founder of Ferrari. LESSONS: Never underestimate anyone, ever! Just keep working hard. Invest your time wisely. D...

THREE SIDE HUSTLE APPS THAT COULD HELP YOU EARN MONEY

 3 side hustle apps that could help you earn money — including one that’s ‘surprisingly lucrative’ “Small electronics, game consoles, video games, and designer clothing and bags” sell best on Mercari. Remote work options and flexibility remain important to people even as Covid-19 rates drop and people start heading back to the office. A majority of men, 69%, and women, 80%, said remote work options are among the most important factors to consider when evaluating a job prospect, according to a 2021 FlexJobs survey of more 2,100 people. With the popularity of side hustles only growing, flexibility in the additional income streams outside of your day job can be a priority, too. Luckily, there are numerous side hustles that can be done via app that offer users freedom to choose how and when to do them. Here are three free apps available on Android and/or iOS that side hustle experts recommend downloading, including one that personal finance expert jaspin calls “surprisingly lucrative.”...

PIECE BY PIECE, CHOICE BY CHOICE.

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  In mid-1700’s France, there lived an artist and writer on the brink of poverty. His name was Denis Diderot. He had been born into an established family, the son of a successful craftsman, and he had obliged the social standing of his birth by pursuing a formal education. He obtained a Master of Arts in philosophy, bound for a respectable profession in clergy or law. But Diderot dreamed of becoming a writer. When Diderot was 21 years old, he dropped out of school. His furious father disowned him, and Diderot lived a scrappy bohemian lifestyle for the next thirty years. Yet he enjoyed this simple life. His robes were plain but comfortable. He furnished his sparse home with a tiny writing desk and a tattered straw chair. He spent his evenings at his battered desk, scrolling by candlelight. He wrote novels and scientific papers and critiques of the French government, and article by article, book by book, his ideas began to spread. He wrote Encyclopédie, one of the most comprehensive ...