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- 12 Lessons Learned in the Last 12 Months
Lesson #1: Focus on the input and the intention, detach yourself from the result Society is addicted to expectations, our emotional …
- Time Billionaire
Graham Duncan, the co-founder of East Rock Capital, appeared on the Tim Ferris podcast in March 2019. He spoke of an interesting concept …
- Most Overlooked Truths of Money and Life
Source: Morgan Housel’s CNBC article The ability to empathize with people who disagree with you is one of the most underrated skills. …
- How To Be Successful At Your career, Twitter Edition by Sama (2020)
The most successful people (judged by history, not money) continually look for the most important thing they are able to work on, and …
- Know before you enter the den
Sourced from Morgan Housel’s excellent investment truths article: Saying “I’ll be greedy when others are fearful” is …
- We are What we Choose
Excerpts from Jeff Bezos 2010 Baccalaureate remarks at Stanford: What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and …
- How to bet?
via @fundooprofessor Link: https://youtu.be/UbpARgj6xk0 Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s note/memo on the topic - How to build your own BRK memo …
- Reasonable Ignorance
Reasonable Ignorance is a useful bias, according to Morgan Housel. What is it? Intentionally limiting your diligence in order to avoid …
- No Sunk Costs
“When I work I have no sunk costs. I like changing my mind. Some people really don’t like it but for me changing my mind is a thrill. …
- Leggo That Ego - Bob Iger(Disney)
From a Nytimes story on Bob Iger (Disney CEO): It turned out, though, that Mr. Iger had a fierce will under that gentlemanly exterior. Early …
- Lessons from WeWork IPO debacle
@MorganHousel has another fantastic post on lessons applicable to a wide range of areas from the recent We Co (parent of WeWork) decision to …
- Asking the Right Question
“Sadly, many people spend their entire lives focusing on the wrong questions. They may pursue money, when they really want happiness. They …
- Things I Learnt The Hard Way (in 30 Years of Software Development)
This is a cynical, clinical collection of things Julia Biason learnt in 30 years working with software development. Again, some things are …
- Apple Tim Cook's 2019 Commencement address at Stanford
via Stanford Selected excerpts: That’s what I’m interested in talking about today. Because if I’ve learned one thing, it’s that technology …
- It’s normal to take a while
Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, and I really wish somebody had told this to me. All of us who do creative work, we get into …
- 2nd Anniversary Lessons from Investor Field Guide Podcasts
via Patrick O’Shaughnessy of Invest Like the Best podcast fame: Summed up, what I’ve learned from these people is to follow your own …
- Whitney Tilson - How my success led to my fall
Whitney Tilson founded and for nearly two decades managed hedge fund Kase Capital. He is now teaching the next generation of investors via …
- Life Lessons from a Man who has seen 12000 Deaths
Bhairav Nath Shukla is the Manager of Mukti Bhawan, a Varanasi hostel where people check-in to die. He shares key life lessons he has learnt …