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Having conversation with people in their sixties and over gives you a different perspective to whatâs the world today. Those people are my parents. Probably your parents too. Those people still shape our minds and thinking. And we perpetuate that mindset, at least, partially, in our children. Our parents lived a very different world. They could expect their companies to take care of them, or the states. Today companies canât do that. The states are broke. The average life of a company in the 1950s was just over 60 years. Today it is less than 20 years. In 10-15 years time, this will be below 10⌠Donât look at the debt of the states in the 50s and today, or youâll feel sick. Our parents lived in a world where you could thrive in the corporate ladder. Today, no matter how high you are, thatâs the path to fear and insecurity. Your brain is your only weapon. And trust me. Youâre alone. No company, no state will save you. Just your brain. And for your brain to thrive, it needs to be filled with knowledge and the feeling of empowerment. Then, it needs do, do and do, to keep learning, and your freedom developing. â You can read some of that path in the stories I tell below. â
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Despite being on a Saturday, I received a few emails asking about yesterday contract! Look⌠I have plenty of examples. Yesterday, it was a PPP in the Philippines⌠but Iâve been working on a few others PPP project. A fantastic example with nice clauses that are less bankable than a PPP for a data center in North Korea. Kenya. A known highway. The Review Procedure. âDisagreements will be discussedâ Literally. Good luck with getting a solution. Discussing can be the more frustrating of...
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