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Having courageously battled cancer, Kim Cameron passed away peacefully at his holiday home in Mexico surrounded by family and friends on the 30th Nov. With his passing, the Convergence family lost a dear colleague, and I lost a great friend, but the world has lost a legend. Widely regarded as the godfather of digital identity, Kim authored the pre-eminent ‘Laws of Identity’ and was a true genius with a kindred spirit.
One of the funniest and most humble people you could ever meet, Kim’s beautiful smile was a window to his incredible soul.
We first connected when I was writing a paper on digital identity a few years ago. After harassing him for many months to join our board, it turned out he actually did not mind having some fun with a startup like us, and instead he joined us as our Chief Identity Officer. A partnership grew over tech, lots of food, travel and towards the latter stages, spirituality. His stories from his early days revealed his deep passion for helping people. There were at least a couple instances as a student when Kim ventured into Northern communities to help indigenous communities. That quest to serve the community continued throughout his work with digital identity.
Thank you Kim for including me in your amazing journey, I miss you and wish we had spent more time together. We will do our part to keep the legacy going. My sincere condolences to his family.
Over the last few years with eXp Realty, I’ve learned from some of the industry’s most inspirational leaders and agents. One narrative that is always consistent at eXp is self-development, a constant need to innovate, and a push to keep learning. Whether it’s a book recommendation from Glenn Sanford, a kind-hearted sentiment of motivation from Jason Gesing, or Courtney Chakarun’s drive to empower her team, it sparked the inspiration for me to expand my horizons.
I’m excited to share that I was accepted to Harvard Business School Executive Education this year. I am excited to see how HBS can help expand my knowledge and leadership to give back to the company that has inspired me so much
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Walker had broken what in his circles were important taboos: Inspire the rich to do more good, but never, ever tell them to do less harm; inspire them to give back, but never, ever tell them to take less; inspire them to join the solution, but never, ever accuse them of being part of the problem.
The highest and best reason for people to go to college is to have their mind blown and their mind grown. In other words, it is all about the learning.
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familiarity had not bred much comfort.
The mean dreamed of overwhelming assault on enemy lines, rolling effortlessly over wire entanglements and trenches, demolishing gun nests with their fire, and terrifying the foe into quick and abject surrender.
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One was "Always take your job seriously, never yourself," which became the standard by which Ike judged his own actions. The other was "All generalities are false, including this one," which he used time and time again to make people concentrate on the facts of a matter, not their opinions about it.
Great decisions required a multitude of smaller ones lower down the chain of the command to put them into effect, and a firm command structure to ensure that every detail went smoothly.
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When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything and click I agree.
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This has been the job of a lifetime, but it is not a job for a lifetime.
Work it hader, make it better, do it faster, makes us stronger.
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What she lacked in book smarts, she made up for in fearlessness, determination, and a captivating life story.
His place in history is unique: "a Caesar without his ambition; a Frederick without his tyranny; a Napoleon without his selfishness; and a Washington without his reward."
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Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
A lie can travel halfway around the world by the time the truth is putting its pants on.
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Suddenly, there was a lot of naked truth out there, struggling to catch up.
John Grisham's manuscript for A Time to Kill was rejected by 26 publishers; his second manuscript, for The Firm, drew interest from publishers only after a bootleg copy circulating in Hollywood drew a $600,000 offer for the movie rights. Dr. Seuss's first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected by 27 publishers. And J. K. Rowling's first Harry Potter manuscript was rejected by nine. Then there is the other side of the coin - the side anyone in the business knows all too well: the many authors who had great potential but never made it, John Grishams who quit after the first 20 rejections or J. K. Rowlings who gave up after the first five.
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Our past is not so easy to understand, nor is our future so easy to predict.
This is a probabilistic process whose future is difficult to predict but whose past is easy to understand.
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The historian Roberta Wohlstetter, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan, said it this way: "After the event, of course, a signal is always crystal clear; we can now see what disaster it was signaling ... But before the event it is obscure and pregnant with conflicting meanings.
His subordinates respectfully and affectionately called him Father Paul. He never demanded the respect and loyalty of those he led; he unknowingly commanded it with his wit, charm, and unassuming way.
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CI investigation is an art form carried out by experts. It is not a science, and throwing money and unqualified personnel or helpers at such a problem does not guarantee or even improve the chances of success. In many cases, quite the opposite result is achieved - analytical chaos with no resolution.
It was exhausting and at times intimidating but totally exhilarating.
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Burning down the barn to find a suspected rate is a pretty drastic remedy.
In the end it didn't matter who had the idea first, or how exactly it came about. Karl Benz invented the modern car, but Henry Ford figured out how to sell millions of Model T's.
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The problem is that each memoir presents a unique perspective on the character traits necessary for investment success. Different authors emphasize different characteristics: patience, coolness in a crisis, wide-ranging curiosity, diligence in pursuit of information, independent thought, broad qualitative as opposed to detailed quantitative understanding, humility, a proper appreciation of risk and uncertainty, a long time horizon, intellectual vigor and balance in analysis, a willingness to live outside the herd, and the ability to maintain a consistently critical perspective. Unfortunately, an investor with all these qualities is a rare bird indeed.
There is an old saying that goes: "A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours."
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His motto: "there is always something to do. You just need to look harder, be creative, and be a little flexible."
Sir Winston Churchill once said that "success is not final, failure ins not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts!"
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Another of Templeton's well-known pronouncements is "bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell."
- Be honest and straightforward;
- Put my pride, not my ego, into the job;
- always strive for self-improvement;
- put clients' interest first;
- be fair and responsible to shareholders;
- keep our workplace free from office politics
- keep secrets, maintain confidentiality;
- uphold our reputation for creative high-value solutions;
- emphasize a user-friendly, cost effective approach;
- focus on concrete results, not excessive procedure;
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Process is learnable, teachable, repeatable, scalable and sustainable.
Our motto is "Small enough to be effective, big enough to be strong."
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It is important to distinguish here the major difference between risk and uncertainty. Risk involves an unknown outcome that can be calculated or defined. For example, playing poker or investing in a stock can be risky, but people always know their odds and possible losses.
Uncertainty, in contrast, implies an unknown outcome that cannot be calculated or identified. For example, no one has the perfect foresight to predict the duration of a market correction or an economic recession. Although the market is uncertain, investors can nevertheless calculate the risk of their investment quantitatively.
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Listen, I just wanted to say I got a little heated the last time we were in here, and I apologize for that. I should not have reacted that way. I was not happy about what I was reading. But I don't want you to take that the wrong way. I respect the work you are doing and the work you are putting into this. We just need to work through it.
I did not agree with you today, but I respect the way you advocate for your position, and I thank you for that.
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"hips touch hips. And shoulders rub shoulders." - Chinese saying.
Arrogance without substance breeds disaster.
He growled that a general never blames his troops for losing the battle.
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