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Security is a myth

February 24, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Just the other day, I saw two friends conversing on Twitter about taking the risk of leaving a corporate job to go out on their own. One of them said she wished she'd done it when she was 22 and was less adverse to risk. My first solo flight in business was at the age of 23. It lasted almost two … [Read more...]

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