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I know quite a few people who recently moved out of the United States or are considering moving. Many of my MBA classmates are now working in China. They feel that the United States is in decline, and the future is in somewhere else. Given how much debt the United States government owe, some folks [...]

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After I published How My Friend Caleb Became A Legend Among Wall Street Junior Analysts, a reader asked me what my thoughts were on management consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company since these firms also have a "reverse pyramid" organizational structure that are similar to investment banks. Like many things in life, Management Consulting [...]

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My phone rang. Looking at the number on the phone display, I knew it was from Jeff, director of the group I was going to transfer to. We last spoke exactly 48 hours ago. In the end of our meeting, I officially accepted his offer to join his team and reported directly to him. Somehow [...]

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My wife and I have been watching Jon & Kate Plus 8 for the past year. We have two little ones, so we  really identify with the daily struggles Jon & Kate have been going through. In case you never watched Jon & Kate Plus 8, it’s a realty TV show about the Gosselin family, [...]

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A few years ago I hired a summer intern. He just finished his junior year at an Ivy-league school, majored in computer science. He was a very bright and balanced person. Not only he was a proficient programmer, he also had excellent interpersonal skills. I was very happy with his performance and recommended my employer [...]

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I knew several people who joined and left Google within 1 year. One common complaint I heard from them is title deflation. Google prides itself in its flat structure. So, a former VP at a Fortune-500 Corporation such as Cisco might end up working as director or senior manager at Google. This is very common [...]

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"You have to be focused, you have to understand the moment, the clock, and basically think without thinking and just shoot it," Davis said. "Every time I shoot, I see myself making game-winning shots. If you see it, you believe it. You shoot millions of shots like that, and every time you shoot it, you [...]

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Please take a look at the following table. What do these men share in common? Name Birthday Age as of 4/18/2009 David Murdock 4/10/1923 86 Sheldon Adelson 8/4/1933 75 Warren Buffet 8/30/1930 78 Charlie Munger 1/1/1924 85 Rupert Murdoch 3/11/1931 78   All of them are more than 75 years old billionaire still working They [...]

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I once played speed chess with a friend in college. My friend was a much better player. He played speed chess with his dorm mates almost every day. I rarely played and I was not a good player at all. Basically, I had no chance to beat him. But, one thing about speed chess is [...]

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New York Times has an interesting profile of Evan Williams, C.E.O. of Twitter Inc. My favorite quotes from the article: "My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I’ve always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism. I was broke for more than 10 years. I remember staying up all night one night at my first company [...]

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