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Using Phonebooks to Build a Successful Career
04:27 - 05:27 (01:00)
George Sr. used phonebooks to build up his client base as a banker by looking for Lebanese names and calling them up. He recognized where the last names correlated with what parts of Lebanon they were from.
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