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    10, 000 Hour Argument

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    10,000 Hour Argument Practice makes perfect, or so they say, but is that really true? There are conflicting opinions on how much practice it takes to master a skill. In the novel Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. In the article “Your Genes Don’t Fit: Why 10,000 Hours of Practice Won’t Make You an Expert” the author says that 10,000 hours of practice is not the only thing that it takes to master a skill. I agree with the author who says 10,000 hours of…

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    George Eastman, J.P. Morgan, John Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie were captains of industry. Eastman, Morgan, Rockefeller, and Carnegie were all captains of industry because they all gave back and donated money, each of these four men donated money or items to business, charities, and founded their own schools or business. George Eastman was a very generous man and gave money to schools, businesses, and even gave away scholarships/internships to M.I.T which stands for Massachusetts Institute of…

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    Three of my best friends are amazing people. One of them, Andrey, through all the schools he attended has been a straight “A” student, now he is a really successful, well paid corporate lawyer. The second one, Sasha, great law student, now starting her business in China; the third one, Gregory, very intelligent, extremely hardworking guy, who’s taking care of his two daughters, writes poetry and just recently won a governmental prize for promoting local writers. What do all these people have in…

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    Cornelius vanderbilt should be the captain of industry because he stated the transportation of oil through trains. Also he was the inspiration behind many other industrial men. Plus he turned $100 dollars and 1 ferry into a giant shipping business that he then sold for a giant train business then he made millions of dollars and making him the richest man in america at that time. Plus he invested very well in stocks only making more and more money to add to his already millions of dollars.…

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    A famous person that studied in my field is a billionaire named John Paulson. John is mentioned a lot in the business industry because of his success. They call him “A man who made one of the biggest fortune in Wall street history”. John Paulson is a legendary American fund manager. A hedge fund manager is a financial analysis who is responsible for making decisions about investments. Although, none of his success couldn’t be accomplished without the motivation given by his uncle in Ecuador.…

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    Auguste Rodin

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    man who seems in deep thinking. The thinker was originally design as part of a commissioned work of the museum of arts decorative in Paris in 1880. This sculpture was designed and place in front of the art museum in Paris and suppose to depict the gate of hell from Dante alighieri’s Divine comedy. The portrait of the thinker anticipated to stand for intellect and poetry and also represent Dante. Over the time The Thinker took a various meaning and it gently detached itself from his personal…

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    Nick Vertucci

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    When you hear the words Get in, GET out, GET paid you may not put much thought into it that’s until you hear it is a successful strategy that has earned Nick Vertucci a lot of money making him one of the most successful real estate agents in the united states. Nick is successful in every sense and has already acquired the millionaire status all this though being in real estate. it is through this success that he has vowed to help others achieve success and be financially independent as well as…

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    Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Incorporated is one the world’s biggest technological contributors. He carries out many traits that make him a game changer such as hardworking, innovative, competitive, wholehearted and passionate. Even when bringing new innovative technology to the table, Gates is also a softhearted philanthropist who strives to make the world a better place. As Gates expanded his technology, his CEO position required him to travel the world, exposing him to world poverty and…

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    Have you ever wanted to know about one of the richest men in the world? Andrew Carnegie was one of the richest men in the world. Andrew Carnegie went rags to rich when he established a productive steel company. He eventually sold the business for millions of dollars. Through dedicator, intelligence trial and error, this famous American invented a material that has built the U.S. Andrew Carnegie was a poor immigrant that became the richest man in the world, and then he spent the rest of his life…

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    I originally got in the predicament by taking the wrong bus. When I realized I had to walk I felt slightly annoyed because the Golden Gate Bridge was always cold especially at night and definitely in the winter. As I began to walk I slowly sauntered off into my thoughts as I usually do for long endeavors. I began to of a group of boys running into a thick cloud of white smoke. Blinded…

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