Generation Leadership > What Would Thales Do?

[The QLog] Miletus, was not only a brilliant mathematician and scientist, but a very shrewd trader and investor. One anecdotal story about his life suggests that he become wealthy by procuring an absolute monopoly on the olive presses one year, after predicting a good harvest, based on his observations of the weather patterns.

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http://jollyroger.com [Jollyroger.com] A Smaller History of Greece Smith: The only prize given to the conqueror was a garland of wild olive; Thales, who founded the Ionic school of philosophy, was a native of Miletus.

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