Published October 31st, 2005
in Entrepreneurship, Investing and Books.
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From Martin:
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: teaches that anyone can get rich
and the basic idea of buying things that produce
income
Cashflow Quadrant: teaches the right mindset and
thought processes you need to get rich.
Retire Young, Retire Rich: focuses on leverage but
really makes you internalize deeply your reasons for
wanting to get rich.
The E-myth Manager: teaches how to make a business
that doesn’t require you to be there to run it.
Unlimited Power: it’s a user’s manual for the brain.
Teaches how to use your brain properly to move you
towards your goals and explains how and why
visualization works.
Beyond these books, everything else is just details.
I have my own list of books, I need to go through my collection and figure out which ones I want to recommend. If you have any other suggestions let me know. Martin’s recommendation are more “starter” books.
Published October 31st, 2005
in Politics and American Voices.
The number of people living below the poverty line in NYC. 30.7 percent, the number of people living below the poverty line in the Bronx.
Published October 30th, 2005
in Technology and FON.
I met Martin Varsavky in Spain at the Madrid Summit. He was one of the organizers. He’s one of the enterprenuers I admire and try to mimic, although on a much smaller scale 
I am really excited about his latest project, FON which has a good chance of becoming a global WiFi network built by its community. Actually I have recently become very passionate about the idea for a few reasons.
I think a collective group of individuals can build a better network then governments and even big business.
I don’t like the idea of government subsidized WiFi networks (WiFi welfare)
The government should be spending our tax money on things more critical, like lowering taxes on gasoline (Philly which is sponsering a WiFi network has one of the highest gas taxes in the country) or transportion fees (MetroCard in NYC will be more then $2.00 a ride soon), lowering home heating cost (in the thousands of dollars for a small home). Technology alone can’t improve our lives.
The FON technology allows you to upgrade you wireless access point to make it part of a global network of access points. In exchange for adding your wireless access point to the network you gain access to everyone elses. You have the choice of charging people to use your network, or you can do it just because you have the spare bandwitdh. For example, if your home is located near a school, the school children could use the access point while you are at work! I think its a wonderful idea. But my passion can sometimes blind me, I would like to know if anyone else has any thoughts on this…
Published October 29th, 2005
in Entrepreneurship.
Business Week has my picture in the latest issue (November 7th) on page six. So be sure to go out and pick up a copy.
I’m still recovering from having my tooth removed and jetlag. Sleeping weird hours. I want to go on another vacation. Is that bad?
Published October 28th, 2005
in Uncategorized.
I think there is a point where in life or business you reach using your natural ability. And then there is a point where you have to struggle to go beyond. Like a baseball player who can consistantly hit home runs while in little league, high school and college. But when he reaches the pro’s he struggles and has to force himself to really LEARN the game of baseball or fail. I think this is the point when people start to feel like what they do isn’t “fun” anymore. You’ve had this feeling before right?
I have friends who are struggeling to make it beyond the point of natural ability. They are working hard to succeed but aren’t getting any hits. It’s been hard for me to give them advice just because I didn’t understand it myself. I can’t give advice when I’m not entirely sure how I got here.
When I was in Osaka I felt like I was lacking a lot…granted I had a book about to be published and income from my small consulting practice but it was a steady pace. When Martin introduced me to Kiyosaki, Napolean Hill and all of the other business related books he showed me what I was lacking and helped me aquire it.. It made me change the way I thought and moved me in another direction. But the introduction of something new only last for so long because eventually we get set in our ways. I’m preparing for the next change, changes that I urgently need to improve my business. I guess this is just the way things work. When you feel stuck it might be time for you to introduce change. And that change will only get you moving again for a short period of time before you need to re-evaluate yourself again. It’s a continual process. If you aren’t frustrated, you probably aren’t trying. Or as Martin once said “if you aren’t getting rejected by woman, you probably aren’t trying hard enough.”
By the way, I did get my tooth fixed. NYU dental school did it for $90. But it was done by a student. Word to the wise, when a student is doing something in your mouth and says “oh no…” “oh geez…” “crap!” you are right to be worried! Luckly NYU faculty who was a real dentist was around to save the day…and my mouth!
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