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Top 8 People I Respect 2011

I wrote a post in 2007 about the top 8 people I respect. Here is how my current list would break down 4 years later. A lot...

By Quinton Figueroa

Everyone Is A Racist or Bigot

Let's first define racism according to dictionary.com: 1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achie...

By Quinton Figueroa

People Are Selfish When They Should Be Loving and Loving When They Should Be Selfish

It seems to me like people have certain things backwards when it comes to developing their character. I think this post may be a bit of a stretch, but it's just some thoughts I had. W...

By Quinton Figueroa

People Like Intelligence

Take pretty much anything people like - it has to do with intelligence. People are into God which is intelligence. People are into music which is intelligence. People are into other people w...

By Quinton Figueroa

Warren Buffett says it best: "It's better to hang out with people better than you"

"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction." - Warren Buffett So few...

By Quinton Figueroa

Look Beyond The Words And Into The Actions

Often times when trying to discern new ideas and beliefs from people I find it hard to know what to take and what to leave. Recently I have discovered something that seems to work quite well...

By Quinton Figueroa

Are You An Ideas Person? ME NEITHER!

Everybody is an ideas person! I have yet to meet someone who doesn't have ideas about everything. Well guess what? Until you can think things into existence (convert energy into matter) it i...

By Quinton Figueroa

People Don't Know When To Move On

For every innovator, every entrepreneur and every leader there are hundreds of people lacking all of these qualities. Unfortunately, the world is not something most people choose to embrace ...

By Quinton Figueroa

Personal Development

2 People Can Look at the Same Thing and Have Different Perspectives and Both Be Right

Like take this picture for instance. One person may see two faces while another may see a vase. Both people are 100% honest and truthful and they are also both right, at least according to t...

By Quinton Figueroa

People Are Greedy - Target Sued by Blind Federation

A recent article on Yahoo pretty much sums it up: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071003/wr_nm/target_blind_dc_4. "According to the ruling, plaintiffs -- including the National Federation of...

By Quinton Figueroa

People Are Stupid Because It's Easy

Being stupid is easy, and being smart is hard. It's as simple as that. People generally do not want to work on understanding new things, so they don't and as a result it shows in their decis...

By Quinton Figueroa

People Are TOO Caught Up In Their Lives

I think people in general are way too caught up with their lives and the world. I think sometimes they need to take a break, chill out and discover who, what, where, why and when. Most pe...

By Quinton Figueroa

People End Up PRECISELY Where They Belong

I find it fascinating: people working at McDonalds, people managing grocery stores, people starting their own businesses, people becoming CEOs of large corporations, people investing in stoc...

By Quinton Figueroa

Everyone Should Seek Excellence, Growth and Self-Mastery

In my search for understanding the world and humans I have reached the conclusion that everyone should seek growth and self-mastery. They should seek to overcome their challenges and take on...

By Quinton Figueroa

Top 8 People I Respect

As I go through life I try to learn about and meet people which I feel can add value to my life. I look to find strong characters that have quality traits that I can attempt to understand...

By Quinton Figueroa

Employees are short term, Businessmen are long term

The more I think about this the more I think it's true: employees take each day one at a time and enjoy the most of it, while businessman are always trying to make a better future for the...

By Quinton Figueroa