a great way to get involved
WHO IS YOUR HERO - AND WHY?
THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF MY MORE THAN MANY USELESS BLOGS - BUT.
WHO ARE YOUR HEROES AND WHY?
Mine are:
Socrates (Greece) - the father of reason
Shankara (India) - the man who welded spirituality and reason together
May (China) - because she keeps my feet on the ground
I have many others but this is a starting point!
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Comment by Richard Roman on June 7, 2012 at 8:33
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That is an interesting one David. Why?
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Comment by David Liu on June 7, 2012 at 1:07
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Mine is General Augusto Pinochet.
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Comment by CCF Beijing on June 4, 2012 at 6:27
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Big fan of Warren Buffett. He's one of the good guys. 90% of those
on Wall Street should be thrown in prison.
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Comment by Richard ridealgh on June 3, 2012 at 18:06
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Found this on the guardians website! Should be an inspiration for all those Chinese kids struggling at school. The article is about Famous people who really "flopped" at school.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/gallery/2008/dec/02/drop-out-sc...
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I quite like buffet too!
Really like Alan Sugar, at least in the apprentice!
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Another hero of mine - and more modern - Warren Buffet. If you go to Youtube and listen to some of his talks then it is an inspiration for ethical business practices
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Two more heroes for you.
My mother and Erin Brockovich.
Education....though it is very important....isn't
everything.
I am assuming you have seen the movie (If not- see it-
Erin Brockovich is played by Julia Roberts. Its a great movie).
In the beginning Erin B. has no money, no job and no family.
But what she does have- she has in spades - GUTS.
She takes on lawyers and other corporate clowns....
does her research better then them and out performs them..
hands down. ..and wins. She takes on corrupt corporate America...and wins.
Its a true story. I used to show this movie 20 minutes a week in all
my Business English and International Trade classes. My mother's story
is much less dramatic. In her day women did not go to college (or, let's
say, not as often as today...where now more females then males attend
college) . She retired as a Senior Accountant at a non-profit organization
(a hospital) and all the kids with CPAs and Master's Degrees
worked under her.
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This is on my apartment wall at Jilin Normal University:
"Perseverance"
He failed at business in '31
He was defeated for state legislature in '32
He tried another business in '33
It failed
His fiancee died in '35
He had a nervous breakdown in '36
In '43 he ran for congress and was defeated
He tried again in '48 and was defeated again.
He tried running for the senate in '55.
He lost.
The next year he ran for Vice President and lost.
In '59 he ran for the senate again and was defeated
In 1860, the man who signed his name A. Lincoln was
elected the 16th President of the United States
"The difference between history's boldest accomplishments
and its most struggling failures is often tsimly the diligent
will to persevere"
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Abraham Lincoln. He is beacon of light and hope to all
those who are oppressed in the world.
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Nelson Mandela. He is beacon of light and hope to all
those who are oppressed in the world. Prisoner #46664.
9000 days in prison
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