Sunday, December 22, 2013

Mark Cuban - A Maverick Among Men

By Hedrick Lepsch


You may have heard the adage that it's not about what you know but who you know, at least a hundred times or more. No matter how many times you have heard it making meaningful contacts is still as powerful now as it was a century ago. Here are some reasons why Networking matters.

This is a tip that everybody knows, but few have the discipline to actually put it into practice. Learning the materials for your nursing exams becomes much easier if you dedicate time everyday towards reviewing what you have learned in classes. Cramming is not an effective way to study because of the way your memory converts short-term memories into long-term ones. Short-term memory becomes long-term memory through time.

Since graduation, his business boomed during the dot com explosion and progressed through entertainment and sports since them. He owns theaters, a film company (Magnolia Pictures) an HDTV company, a NBA team (Dallas Mavericks - how fitting), and has authored multiple books. He has donated to political campaigns (both democrats and republicans) and created a stimulus plan. And of course he is a "shark" investor on ABC's Shark Tank. His eclecticism is astonishing. He will do or be whatever he wants to be from event planning to new media marketing.

Nursing school is the time to make mistakes and learn from them. While in clinicals or in class, put yourself out there and try. Answer questions if you think you know the answer. Volunteer to try new procedures. The best way to learn is by trying, failing and then correcting your mistakes later on. If you do not try while you are a student, you may find yourself making mistakes while you are caring for real patients on your own. Clinical experience is the perfect opportunity to try new things and be corrected by nurses who know what they are doing.

Relationships are important for any human being. If you aren't staying connected, then you aren't maintaining those relationships. It takes persistence and a sense of commitment to really stay on top of your family and friends. They can bring you the greatest commodity that you are looking for; love. Make sure you are just as ready to love back. Family and friends are your support system that will be there even when all else fails and the truth is, you get out what you put in.

Despite his faults, it is clear that he has many strengths. Innovation is definitely one of them. Although hit-and-miss, his ventures have proven quite profitable. The way he changed the entertainment environment at Dallas Mavericks games has been a great success. His TV network was the first to be programmed exclusively for HD. He also releases films in the theater and on TV at the same time. Who knows what he will do next.




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