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According to ancient historians, today — April 24 — is the day the Greeks used a giant wooden horse to conquer the Trojans. Here’s the story, as told by Greek and Roman historians… April 24, 1184 B.C. The Greeks had been camped outside Troy for 10 years. It was a stalemate. Their best warrior, Achilles,…
Ten years before he published his book The Most Powerful Sentence of All Time, Neil Gordon barely scraped by as a rideshare driver. Neil’s consulting business wasn’t paying the bills so he moonlighted with Lyft. Today, he’s a bestselling author with a thriving consulting business. His book is a fable. And like most great business…
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