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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

And now, just after passing the average life expectancy for an American male , he seems to be in the midst of the best run of his career. stock markets over Icahn’s career, it’s a simple factual assertion — the total return on the S&P 500 has substantially outstripped economic growth. But applied to U.S. Why’s that?

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When Success is Born Out of Serendipity

Harvard Business Review

And in 2004 Paolo Pellegrini, a VP at the investment bank Lazard Freres, was fired — then took on a low-level position at a hedge fund after a lucky phone call. Ask for the keys to career success and you'll get logical explanations, recommendations, pathways and approaches. Yahoo declined (as did others).

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. 2 (2004): 349–399. Most-senior hedge fund people and competitors. In the next three weeks, reconnect with people outside the com­pany who may shed useful light on your work, industry, or career. Have lunch.

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