If you want to be rich, you must learn to see what others do not see.
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Jim Rogers
Born in 1942 in Alabama, Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros, recording returns exceeding 4,200% over a decade. After retiring at thirty-seven, he completed two around-the-world trips by motorcycle and car, earning the title 'adventure capitalist.' Renowned for prescience in commodity markets, he relocated to Singapore to raise his daughters in Mandarin Chinese — living out his investment convictions in every dimension of his life.
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Jim Rogers's Other Quotes
The way of the future is to learn Mandarin Chinese.
The best advice I ever got was from my father. He said, 'Do what you love doing, and don't spend money on things you don't need.'
I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up.
If everybody is buying something, I would tend to sell. If nobody is interested in something, I would tend to buy.
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