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    Looking at starting a career...

    you are going to have to further define what you goals are and how you are/can accomplish them. Just because you love to do something doesn't mean it will happen. So you have to determine what is realistic (electronics, etc...) and what may be unrealistic (owning a 7 million dollar home theatre...
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    College degree = worthless

    but also i believe that "all things work together for good to those that love God" so i might have a different mindset then others. (i am not trying to go off on a religious tangent)
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    College degree = worthless

    I guess i have more of the mindset the of the founders of HP. They formed a company around ideals then decided what they were going to base the company on. Alot of companies (3m, etc..) changed what they were making or doing based on the market. I don't think it was timing, i believe that these...
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    College degree = worthless

    How many people here have read books and researched all the people and companies that "got lucky"???? I would encourage you to read "good to great" or "built to last". Where you find out that Boeing had to sell funiture to stay afloat or that 5 companies were trying to the same thing wal-mart...
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    College degree = worthless

    Luck and timing????? how about hard work, extreme intelligence, smart business decisions. I hate how everyone else's success is luck..... it has been said numerous times by numerous people but......hard work makes luck..
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    College degree = worthless

    I didn't say all, you may be the exception to the rule. I do believe that professors are concerned about their students, but it doesn't mean that they are prepared. Also it could just be the cast with the college i spoke at. I spoke before the marketing club (comprised of juniors and a lot...
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    College degree = worthless

    i have a tendacy to agree with you. I just recently spoke at a college and realized how little they know about the real world, because alot of these college professors have no idea what goes on in the real world. that being said i wouldn't have this job if it wasn't for me getting a degree...
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    Great Video Game Moments

    The 1st time that i played full throttle... i had never before played a point-n-click game before and i was addicited...
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    Violent Video Games

    that is what i am saying....we are talking about banning games!!!! how is that free society???
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    Violent Video Games

    1st off I will say that i don't play gta, because i don't want to sit around and fill my mind with that kind of stuff........BUT i don't understand how movies can have Dakota Fanning being raped and people getting killed in ways that are much more disturbing then a video game, yet no one calls...
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    Global Warming and Sea Level

    i am not worried about the sea level rising, there are proven studies that show it is not going to rise a ton.... if you fill a glass of ice filled water all the way to the top and the ice melts the cup doesn't overflow!!!!
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    Super Bowl Prediction Thread

    colts 34 bears 21
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    Please help me understand

    that is what you need to do...
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    Books You've Read in 2007 (merged)

    i read this year Good to great by jim collins - must read for anyone in business management or if you run a small business....excellent book Little black of connections - jeffery gitomer - good book about making connections Little red book of sales answers- jeffery gitomer- good book on...
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