Do you remember the story of Gary Powell who lost the iPhone 4G prototype which ultimately ended up in the hands of Gizmodo and the entire world to see?

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Having a large network of professional contacts is useful both when finding employment and to gain access to important business opportunities. It's important to join a certain sociological context, to have a network of contacts, people you can send a mail, phone or invite to a dinner. Deepening on this concept, we can almost certainly assure that if we have a network of over 100 contacts, some contacts will potentially help you get 100 more, and so forth.

Any management manual will show you that one of the pillars of personal productivity is based on the collection of information. One of the tools by which we collect information is through taking notes at meetings and reunions. Taking notes not only helps us to better manage our projects and tasks, but also increases our focus and understanding of the problems we face, open up new approaches and stimulates our entrepreneurial creativity.

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It's interesting to see what the 9 most successful business people choose to drive and why. We can't assume they will all be rolling in flashy cars. After all, not all are car lovers like Jay Leno, and in some cases they choose vehicles based on practicality just like everyone else.