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I am, Therefore I write's avatar

This is good, girl. Have you published this yet?

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Allen Kwon's avatar

Thanks for reading! I haven’t yet but thanks for the nudge. I’m a guy btw lol. 😂

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I am, Therefore I write's avatar

Sorry… 😣

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Jenifer Walsh's avatar

Fantastic read. Funny thing, I'm from Chicago, born and raised. We have a very famous meteorologist here who retired not long ago from the station, WGN: Tom Skilling, Jeffrey's brother (and they seem like opposite humans). Another great story. Thank you!

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Allen Kwon's avatar

lol, small world. Looks like they took different career paths 😆

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Jenifer Walsh's avatar

Lol, quite!

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Daria Cupareanu's avatar

Wow, such an original and powerful way to draw out business lessons :)

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Allen Kwon's avatar

Thank you Daria. I’m so glad you enjoyed it :)

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I am, Therefore I write's avatar

OMG I’d so buy this book. I read the nonfiction version. Do you have a synopsis in your Stack?

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Allen Kwon's avatar

Thank you so much. What is the nonfiction called?

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I am, Therefore I write's avatar

The Smartest Guys in the Room by Elkind and McLean.

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Apis Dea's avatar

Allen, this story is fantastic, beautifully written, and a cautionary tale for our times.

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Jill Signorelli's avatar

Brilliantly poignant—I really enjoyed this

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Allen Kwon's avatar

Thanks Jill. I appreciate your time you spent to read and comment.

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Jill Signorelli's avatar

It was a pleasure and you took me back. I spent 5 years on the Chicago Board of Trade(DOW futures). You captured the market as a character of its own and covered the illusion that fast wealth encapsulates a young person.

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Cecilia's avatar

very interesting and true that affected many.

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Kevin Farran's avatar

Gripping, and yet oddly distant, as if it were another reality, perhaps it was. Death by a thousand compromises is no different that by a thousand cuts. It is the protraction of death that makes it gruesome. Death, once dead, there's no more dying then. Great story, my first to read and shall not be my last. K

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