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The Power Of Broke Summary 1-Sentence-Summary:  The Power Of Broke shows you how to leverage having no money into an advantage in business by compensating it with creativity, passion and authenticity. Favorite quote from the author: When I first saw Shark tank, I had no idea who any of the sharks were. The first I learned about was mark cuban . Then followed Barbara Corcoran. Finally, last year, I got wind of a book called  The Power Of Broke    and guess who the author is? Daymond John, yet another shark, and that’s when I learned how he made his money. FUBU, short for “for us, by us” was one of the first fashion brands targeted at the black community and is now worth $6 billion. But it started on $40. Daymond used the money to buy some cotton and cloth and knit an overpriced, but cool hat he’d seen. When his first good sales day came a few months later, he sold 80 hats for $10 a piece – and promptly lost the money, because he crashed into another car while counting it at the wheel. B

Siddhartha   (don't call him Sidd; he hates that) grows up in a prosperous Brahman family. He’s well-loved, but unhappy despite his popularity. He is spiritually dissatisfied and believes the elders in his community have nothing more to teach him. Siddhartha decides to join the Samanas, who are a group of wandering ascetics. His best friend, Govinda, accompanies him, and the two men spend three years with the Samanas learning how to withstand pain and hunger in an effort to flee the body’s limitations.  Although the two friends learn quite a bit from the Samana way of life, they are still dissatisfied and decide to hear the teachings of Gotama Buddha. Govinda is impressed and chooses to join Gotama’s community of monks. Despite Govinda’s urgings and despite recognizing Gotama as the Holiest Man Ever, Siddhartha opts not to follow Gotama. He decides instead that he’s an independent learner and is done with doctrine. The friends part ways.  Siddhartha travels to a nearby town where h