3. Never Enough
~ When rich people do crazy things ~
At what point is someone wealthy enough?
This Chapter shows us how the greed of Rajat Gupta ruined his reputation..
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The set of persons I love the most in the world are those who never admit they are wrong.
Those who always find ways to make their views fit into the right.
Those who make you doubt your own truth because their truth seems logical when you think deeply about it.
Those —
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It was when I was tasked to build the Hydrogen business for Shell in North America.
I worked, on average, 100hrs per week.
I would work Europe hours and then California hours.
But it wasn't even the time logged that was the issue for me...it was the executive responsibilities on my shoulders.
I was deciding how millions of dollars should be spent, lobbying members of Congress for favorable policy, advising national governments on Hydrogen strategy, writing industry standards, negotiating acquisitions and so on.
And then I still have to do the engineering, operations & maintenance, commissioning, etc.
I would get calls at 2am that a Hydrogen Station is down and start troubleshooting. Then by 5, take a Zoom call with folks in Europe before getting ready to meet a Senator at 10 to talk about the wonders of Hydrogen.
I loved it all. And obviously, I did it well.
But it also occurred to me that if I run my own business, and I treat it the same way, the payoff would be much more.
Also, by this time I had built the MT Scholarships as an organization with a reputable brand.
So, I had two data points:
1. I had built a thriving business inside a big company
2. I had built a successful non-profit from scratch
These two, in part, gave me the confidence that I can build businesses.
1. No One’s Crazy
~Your personal experiences with money make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world, but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.~
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1. No One’s Crazy
~Your personal experiences with money make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world, but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.~
Share your thoughts
I pay my Entry Level Lawyers way above N1m.
The Legal Profession is not a poor profession and as such Lawyers should not be paid peanuts.
My entry level lawyers get paid N5m monthly and I’m looking at the possibility of an additional N1m increment.
June was a very bad month for me in the NGX.
I gave back to the market all the profit I earned from it since January.
The recovery this July was amazing.
My only regret is that I was not liquid enough to top up in June.
However this is a “Thank you July” post.