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Mikey:
Absolute gun AFL player and ended up setting the AFL record as most games played. Harvey had elite skill and he could win the footy in the back-half and run away from just about anyone, bouncing it all the way. Despite being an U18 All-Australian, a premiership player with the Northern Knights, winning the best on-ground in the TAC Cup Grand Final and testing well at the draft camp Harvey almost didn't get drafted. Most recruiters overlooked him as being too short (5'8) and too small to be able to play AFL. However, his explosive speed and supreme skill saw him getting drafted as a late pick and within a few years he went onto become a Premiership player as well as picking up numerous individual achievements.
Harvey used his size as a chip on his shoulder and constant motivation. He used the disappointments from being overlooked for junior rep teams and even taunted by rival players about his size as constant motivation and to never get complacent. Harvey's younger brother also played in the AFL (albeit a much less successful career) and Harvey said his little brother was a much more talented player then him and just as athletic, if not moreso. However, his brother lacked the motivation and professionalism to be an AFL players so within a couple of years the league had churned him up.
Good read, particularly for AFL fans.
AGC:
Yes, he was a great player. I lived in NM when he was dropped/retired, and it was a pretty big deal at the club (I went to the public gym/rec centre at their Arden st facility).
Also, this always cracks me up:
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adarqui:
weird. I just enabled good post/bad post on this board, didn't know I had to specify it for a new board.
+1 great thread :D
Mikey:
--- Quote from: acole14 on October 30, 2018, 07:49:28 pm ---Yes, he was a great player. I lived in NM when he was dropped/retired, and it was a pretty big deal at the club (I went to the public gym/rec centre at their Arden st facility).
Also, this always cracks me up:
--- Quote from: Mutumbo000 on October 30, 2018, 05:48:34 am ---(5'8)
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When I first started watching AFL I thought he was the little brother of Robert Harvey- this was at Robert Harvey's peak in the late 90's where he'd get 35 touches a game and was considered an elite player and I always thought 'Gee his little brother is a great player as well but doesn't get too many mentions from the commentators'. It wasn't until a few years later when I worked out that they weren't related. Boomer's little brother was Shane Harvey.
Mikey:
I read Robert Kiyosaki's book 'Why the Rich are Getting Richer'. If any of you have read Rich Dad Poor Dad you'll find that Kiyosaki tends to ramble and embellishes a lot of stories about his 'rich dad'. The gist of Why the Rich are Getting Richer is because instead of focusing on income, the rich are focusing on growing their asset base, which unlike income from a job is taxed at a much lower rate. For example if you earn 70k from a job you'll pay 14k in tax so you're left with 56k. However, if you invest in a house and it realises a capital gain of 70k in one year no tax is paid and the house also provides rental income. The capital gain of the house can then be leveraged to purchase more assets. He basically says that the poor/middle class are too busy focusing on income and consuming instead of working on accumulating assets.
The controversial part of the book is that Kiyosaki believes the approach used in "The Millionaire Next Door" of living below your means and setting aside 10% of your income for investment in stocks is now redundant. He frequently mentions that savers are losers and advocates for taking on large amounts of debt using Donald Trump as an example of master of debt.
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