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How to run an e-commerce business on $30.00 per year

Written by Paul Holstein

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5 Lessons from a Long Shot. A Heartening Belmont Victory.

Written by Bobette Kyle

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5 Lessons from a Long Shot. A Heartening Belmont Victory. by Bobette Kyle

Like many, I watched repparttar 106395 Belmont Stakes hoping to see repparttar 106396 first Triple Crown in 24 years. Instead, I saw repparttar 106397 70-1 long shot, Sarava, appear from nowhere to win. We should take heart from this unlikely victory. As small business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs, repparttar 106398 "big shots" often see us as long shots - worth a cursory notice, but rarely more.

As I listened to trainer Ken McPeek and jockey Edgar Prado after repparttar 106399 race, I realized their win was not a fluke. Victory was repparttar 106400 result of several intelligent actions and decisions. Apply these same actions consistently, and you can win your own "Belmont Stakes":

1) Learn from your mistakes.

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2) Have faith in yourself.

In each of two interviews, Prado's first point was that he and McPeek had kept repparttar 106412 faith. They did not give up despite what others thought. This was not blind faith, however. They saw signs of a champion in Sarava that others overlooked. They developed those strengths and they persevered.

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