D H Blair & elite education Flashcards

(6 cards)

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Dh Blair

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Wolf of Wall Street

Wall Street has it’s own incentives

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Oxford

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Too theoretical- efficient markets hypothesis- real world not true!

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Harvard

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Case studies- practical BUT
Increased hubris
WB - never stopped seeking to improve himself- learning machine

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4
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Tony Robbins

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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

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5
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Goals

- people

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Question of choosing to have certain people in your life

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Ernest Hemingway

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The world breaks everyone and afterward some are strong at the broken places

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