D H Blair & elite education Flashcards
(6 cards)
Dh Blair
Wolf of Wall Street
Wall Street has it’s own incentives
Oxford
Too theoretical- efficient markets hypothesis- real world not true!
Harvard
Case studies- practical BUT
Increased hubris
WB - never stopped seeking to improve himself- learning machine
Tony Robbins
Power of authenticity
When stuck - just do it!
Theodore Roosevelt- the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood
Carnegie- best way of convincing someone of something is to appeal to their self interest
- power of using people’s names when addressing them (and kids names)
- show genuine interest
Important to show kindness and be helpful to people early in their careers
Modelling our heroes- what would WB do if he were in my shoes?
Matching and mirroring
Goals
- people
Question of choosing to have certain people in your life
Ernest Hemingway
The world breaks everyone and afterward some are strong at the broken places