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José Paulo – Ideal Decision José Paulo – Ideal Decision
I was focused and preparing for a decisive day, in which I was seem contradictory, but have no doubt this path help me succeed,
successful. You have to understand that success is not in what you after all the thirst for knowledge does not allow me to simply
want to do, but in what needs to be done; likewise, we need to conforming to what people say; I need to go further, always search
know subjects and things we do not always like, but that we need for more and, even if the source is good, confronting ideas and
to move forward. thoughts to expand my mind. The person who contents with the
One certainty that I have from experience and want to pass on basics and believes it to be true will always have just the basics or
to you, the reader, is that ordinary people only look at things, but will believe some untruth. Make the search for knowledge a habit
people with knowledge look through things. And therein lies the in your life and you will reach beyond you ever imagined.
big secret, because looking through things widens your view over
to the big picture and assures you are on the right path.
Reading became a habit to me, I read just about everything. I
am not a self-taught person who reads, learns and puts a certain
thing into practice; what I seek with reading is a wide knowledge
on many areas that can give me several ideas and insights for new
businesses.
Nowadays it is very easy to have books and contents in the palm
of our hands, technology gives us that and it is important to take
advantage of it, but throughout my life I learned I can also extract
knowledge by asking questions. Whenever I have the opportunity
to talk to someone who has a certain experience, talent or gift, I do
not miss out on the opportunity for a friendly or professional con-
versation, where I can ask about what makes me curious. I try not
to be tedious, but I ask as many questions as I can in order to learn.
Surrounding yourself and relating to smart people is vital for
the intellectual growth, it helps you have new ideas and significant
results in all areas of life. So, ask for advice, even if you do not
want to follow it. But do not just ask for one or two of them; have
many sources of advice and make your own analysis. We can acqui-
re much knowledge from advices.
From this behavior I came up to many conclusions, and it may
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