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Entrepreneurial Ongoing Education Advice
I would like to give some advice to all the up and coming entrepreneurs; if you really want to be a superstar not only do you have to work harder and smarter than the competition, but you must always keep learning. I built a company from a bucket of water and a sponge into a National Car Wash Franchise System in 23 states. To do this you need to know more than what they taught you in school and you can never turn off your brain. Every person is different and has different interests. But I would like you to read thru my recommended reading list. This is a list I hand out to MBA and Entrepreneurial Students when I give speeches. It is a list of recommended book, biography, audio tapes and movies. I see the need for the modern Entrepreneur for on going learning, which must not stop after HS. In order to continue a life long education it is important to understand and observe the world, understand our places in it. We must also realize the ideals that got us here and the people who worked so hard to bring about the change needed to propel mankind's future.Below is a list of recommended Biographies, Books, Audio Tapes and Movies, which can assist you in your lifetime of learning and your pursuit of happiness as you Entrepreneur warriors deliver mankind everything we see, every where we go. We owe it all to you; you are the most noble of all people, you are the builders of civilization. I thank you for your continued efforts and urge you to continue your education do you can be even stronger. People: Maya Angilou Bertrand Russell John Nash Chuck Yeager Charles Deming Milton Friedman Fredrick Winslow Taylor Cecil Rhodes Jane Goodall Juaque Custaeu Betsy Ross Aristotle Winston Churchill Alexander the Great Bill Gates Steve Balmer Fred Smith (Fed Ex) Michael Dell General Patton Ronald Reagan Princess Diana Jack Welsh Ray Kroc Tom Monahan Richard Branson Einstein HP Founders Greenspan Volker Sam Walton Walt Disney Thomas Edison L. Ron Hubard Gandhi Thomas Paine Howard Shultz (starbucks) Yanklevich Henry Ford Lance Armstrong Pele Louis Roukeyser Von Clauswitz Vince Lombardi Tiger Woods Joe Nameth Wayne Gretsky Mark Spits Carl Lewis Neil Armstrong Hank Aron Schwartzkoff Babe Ruth Steven Wolfram Steven Hawkins Thomas Jefferson The President Nelson Mandella Warren Buffet Larry Ellison Dave Thomas Ted Turner Craig McCaw Andy Grove Steven Spielberg Gene Roddenberry Carl Seagan Books:What they don't Teach You at Harvard Business School The Death of Competition Win Win Scenarios Infoprenuers Swim With the Sharks... What Color is Your Parachute The Sky is not the Limit The Ground is Winning Numbers People of the Century By Dan Rather Profiles of Genius Winning It is Always Something Holographic Universe Believe to Achieve The GE Way The World on Time Millionaire Next Door Think and Grow Rich Bible 500 Year Delta Finite Capacity Scheduling Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance It Ain't as Easy as it looks Blown to Bits A Future Perfect The Whiz kids Disruptive Technology Opportunity in Chaos Dilbert series Trump series Essays of Warren Buffet If it Ain't Broke, Break it We Seven Rocking the Ages In all His Glory Big Blue Shapes of Time Start Small Finish Big E-Myth Psychocybernetics A Salesmen is a Problem Solver Innovation Guerilla Marketing series Slim Forever Grinding it Out Net Centric Warfare On War Pour Your Heart Into It Books to understand reality: Virus Hunters of CDC Bin Laden, INC. Germs Hot Spot Cobra Event Clone Brief History of Time The Road Ahead Most of the reading list of the "Futurists" Machiavelli Theory and Practice of Hell Mien Koff Proudy's book on JFK US VS. Microsoft Confessions of a Stockbroker Confessions of a VC Secrets of the Temple McLibel The Rotten Heart of Europe Amsterdam and the History of Commerce The Art of War VonClauswitz on War JFK Reckless Youth Tapes: The Psychology of Winning Benjamin Franklin Series from Franklin Quest Mega Memory Executive Summaries Audio People: Brain Tracy Tom Hopkins Tom Peters Tony Robbins *comments: Motivational Tapes tend to be too showy, but have some value. People should listen to tapes instead of wasting time, if you are not observing things, you should be learning something. Favorite Movies: Top Gun Vision Quest Karate Kid St. Elmos Fire Rocky Matrix Star Wars Authors with multiple books he reads (fiction): Ayn Rand Arthur C Clark Michael Creighton Ben Bova Tom Clancy Tolstoy Shakespeare Plays and Cliff 's Notes Charles DickensIsaac Asimov Favorite Periodicals: Foreign Affairs Aviation Week and Space Technology Wired Red Herring Scientific American Popular Science Popular Mechanics Flying Economist "Lance Winslow" - If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs
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