Exactly. Don’t think of yourself merely as an investor. Think of yourself as a developer. A traditional real-estate developer acquires scarce land, controls it, improves what surrounds it, builds productive structures on …
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So something I’m thinking aboutAbout fantasy, upside downsides, nuances in between: capital, capitalism as a fantasy?  So the big carrot, and the stick that we are indoctrinated with is… Once you …
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Executive summary Family health and wellness is best treated as a system, not as a collection of isolated individual behaviors. Health is shaped jointly by physical and mental health, relationships, caregiving demands, …
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Executive Summary: Frank Endo (April 20, 1923–2005) was a Japanese-American gymnastics pioneer best known not as an Olympic medalist but for his decades‑long role as a judge, coach, and equipment entrepreneur. Endo …
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Executive Summary The central proposition of this report is that capital is an enabling resource, not a strategic objective. Raising, accumulating, deploying, or returning capital can be important, but none is intrinsically …
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Considering we live in a capitalistic society, the more capital, the better: But for the sake of what? Capital & motivation? Maybe the carrot and stick in modern-day capitalist society is… The …
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