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AMERICAN KINGPIN Book summary

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AMERICAN KINGPIN  The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road   By Nick Bilton  When Ross Ulbricht created the Silk Road, a clandestine online drug bazaar hidden on the deep web, he was a 26-year-old libertarian idealist living in Austin, Tex., talking his girlfriend’s ear off about Austrian economics and seasteading experiments — the idea of creating communities in the middle of the sea, free from government regulations. For all his lofty ambitions, he felt like a failure. He had flunked his Ph.D. exam and was unable to find a buyer for his seasteading gaming simulation. But with the Silk Road he was able to marry his business ambitions and anti-authoritarian philosophy; he envisioned it as a powerful way to defy what he perceived to be the state’s irrational drug policies. Using an anonymizing browser like Tor and the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, people could discreetly buy and sell drugs. Ulbricht taught himself to code and he began by selling mushrooms t...
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The 10 rule grant cardone

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The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone The Book in Few Sentences The 10X Rule says that 1) you should set targets for yourself that are 10X greater than what you believe you can achieve and 2) you should take actions that are 10X greater than what you believe are necessary to achieve your goals. The biggest mistake most people make in life is not setting goals high enough. Taking massive action is the only way to fulfill your true potential. The 10X Rule Summary The biggest mistake most people make in life is not setting goals high enough. The 10X Rule is based on understanding the level of effort and the level of thinking required to succeed. Operating at activity levels far beyond the normal is 10X action and execution. It will take you far. Set targets that are 10X the goals you would ever dream of. Your thoughts and actions are the reason you are where you are right now. In order to go farther than you ever thought possible you must both think and act at levels 10X beyond the norm. Why ...
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