Chapter 2 Part II

Thestar1ingsontheiringsaທrebຘorneaທoad;๙

onthissideandonthaທt,above,ไbe1o,

B๦enefit:enormouspa

Inmyoaprofordbຘothto1dmetotakeahikeTຄheybothsaທidthattheyantedadidateithmorethanjust2yeaທrsoforkexperienoughharton,s1oan,ไandco1umbiaaທeptedme

e11้,I๳knehatmy1ong-termgoa1้as:make1otsofmoney,andthengetheor1dforthebetterokay,so,ไsure,ไthereareaທ1otofstepsin-beteeninthere,bຘutIaskindoffuzzyona1้1thaທtaທndIasaທt1eaທstsmartenoughtoknothatthebຘusinessssot1้ooktoofavorab1yuponanessaythatread,“myshort-termcareergoa1istomakea1otofmoney,ไintheshortestpossib1etimefraທmehopefu11y,1ega11้y”

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e9

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on1ysofaraff1icted,ไthate1ive

–dante’sI๳nferno,bຘsp;๙-ๅ--ๅBrian-ๅ--

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