"Playing it safe and taking no risks is a shortcut to poverty"
"I believe in total immersion, if you want to be rich, you have to program your mind to be rich. You have to unlearn all the thoughts that were making you poor and replace them with new thoughts - rich thoughts."
Source: Twitter post from Apr 12, 2013
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Jordan Belfort
Stockbroker
Jordan Belfort is a former stockbroker and motivational speaker known for his role in financial markets and his book, 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'
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