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 to be put on a team with people from different backgrounds
and experience levels
 to assign projects
Exercise 424. Watch the video 3.25 and answer the questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prty-1bHgI
Number three – stay frugal. When thinking about rich and famous, the first
things that most people think of are fancy cars and huge mansions – two of
the most classic symbols of material wealth. But is that really how the most
successful people use their money? The truth is that some of the wealthiest
people in the entire world are also some of the most frugal. Now, I’m not
talking about the overwhelming (подавляющее) majority of the celebrities
who are relatively shameless (относительно бесстыдные) when it comes to
material goods. Most of these individuals made their millions off their
artistic talents or appearance (внешний вид), but while they are far
wealthier than then 99% of the population, they aren’t the kind of billionairs
we’re talking about. Instead I’m referring to (говорю о) people like Sergei
Brin, co-founder of Google, who still shops the sales at every grocery store he
goes to or as a business tyccon (олигарх) in India whose net worth over
12.2 billion dollars. He travels to and from most places on a public rickshaw
(общественным рикшей). Or people like Jeff Bezos who even after become
the richest person on the planet with a net worth of over 140 billion
dollars as the founder of Amazon drove a rickety (хрупкий) Honda Accord
and worked at a desk made of repurposed wood (из древесены вторичной
обработки). These incredible successful individuals have all the money in the
world but make the conscious (осознанный) choice to lead very frugal lives.
Why? Because these billionairs didn’t get where they are today by just
throwing their money around. They’re protective of their money now as they
were before they had so much of it (они имели так много денег), which is
exactly the kind of thinking that got them where they are today. For so many
of these billionairs, their success was built on raw aspirations
(первоначальные устремления) and drive, not just a craving (большое
желание иметь) for expensive cars or fancy clothes. They act roughly
(приблизительно) the same with or without money because their path to
success was never actually about the money at all. They saw the money as the
means of achieving their dreams. So, like any good entrepreneur they made
strategic use of their resources to build an empire. So, when that Empire was
finally alive and thriving (процветающий), they didn’t just stop, relax and
start mindlessly (бездумно) spending their money even if they could. Why
not? Well, because at the end of the day a filthy (грязный) rich businessman
is still just a businessman.

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