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The Reading Obsession
“I just sit in my office and read all day.” - Warren Buffett
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Focus: The Last Superpower?
Your mission is to find your life's work and to not get distracted once you do.
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11 Things I Learned About Investing
You don’t become a great investor by reading about great investors. But it's Friday. Why not indulge a little?
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David Tepper: The King of Bouncing Back
“For better or worse we’re a herd leader. We’re at the front of the pack. We're one of the first movers. First movers are interesting; you get to the…
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Behind The Curtains of Buffett's Life with Alice Schroeder
"I will never forget a few people insisting to me that Warren is really not that interested in money."
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The Path of Fear (plus my favorite year-end exercise)
Finding clarity and focus for 2024.
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The Hustler: Lessons from a Young Warren Buffett
"When Warren was a little boy collecting bottle caps, flinging papers day after day ... if you had asked him if he wanted to be the richest man on…
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Thinking About the Next Warren Buffett
“We get this question a lot from the enterprising young. It’s a very intelligent question: you look at some old guy who is rich and you ask, ‘How can I…
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Highlights from Charlie Munger's Conversation with Todd Combs (2022 Singleton Prize for CEO Excellence)
"I am a guy who has been able to take moderate obsession and a long attention span and turn them into pretty good results. A long attention span will…
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Julian Robertson: Lessons From the Tiger Who Was a Wolf
“If I had had to give my own money to any of them, I would have given it to Robertson. He knew stocks better than anyone.” Jim Chanos
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A Simple Framework for Wealth
Create, capture, compound, avoid catastrophe and over-consumption.
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The Lesson of Obsession: Robert Caro and Mr. Beast
How to successfully compete in the arena of attention.
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