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I’ve had many conversations about the ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’ in New Zealand so I thought I would bring that to the www

This train of thought was inspired by reading an article of Donald Trumps 8 tips to make it big. If anyone in NZ took on this advice and behaved in the way The Don suggests they would be thought of as arrogant. You can see his tips in full here.

Heres a snippet “When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough, Just go get them. You can’t be scared. You do your thing, you hold your ground, you stand up tall, and whatever happens, happens.” What would you think if someone acted like this here? I actually dont know the answer to that but I guess its the stuff that makes winners??

On another note heres a cool piece of research I came across that will encourage you to set yourself some goals.

Researchers at Yale University asked the graduating class of 1953 how many of them had clearly defined written career goals. Only three percent actually did have written goals.

When the researchers returned 20 years later, they interviewed the same people to find out how they fared since graduating in 1953. The results were astonishing. The researchers found that the three percent of people who had written goal were worth more in financial terms than the entire 97 percent of people combined! And on other measures such as happiness and quality of life, the three percent with written goals also scored a higher average.