Other people saw rubble. I saw goods worth money. Thirty years later I wrote down what trading taught me — you can read it tonight, on the phone in your hand.
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After the bricks came carpets. Then antiques — one of those deals was with the Presidential Palace in Poland. Today I work in Miami: jewelry, watches, diamonds.
In thirty years I have seen one thing over and over. Many people work so hard that they never get the time to learn how a trader thinks.
Work is not the enemy. But without an eye for value, simple arithmetic and plain honesty, a person can labour for a lifetime and stay exactly where they started.
Ten short chapters, each ending with one task. About one evening of reading.
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“From a Little Trader to a Big Entrepreneur” tells the same story in full colour, for children aged 8–12: ten short chapters, a seven-day challenge, questions to talk through together.
Print only for now. Colour comics do not work well on a phone screen, so there is no Kindle edition yet. Outside the United States, count on two to four weeks for delivery.
Arkadius Bizak — pastor and trader. He learned this trade as a child, through his own deals and his own mistakes.