There is a wonderful OpEd in the New York Times from David Brooks on Happiness and Success and I highly recommend you read it. Here are some snippets I really liked: “The daily activities most associated with happiness are sex, socializing after work and having dinner with others. The daily activity most injurious to happiness […]
READ MOREA New Idea on How to Motivate Employees
I liked this new idea on how to motivate employees: Motivation for employees
READ MOREInvestor A.D.D.
From 1940 to 1980, the average holding period that investors held on to stocks was as high as 10 years to as low as 4 years. Then in the 1980s, the holding period started to fall to as low as 1.5 years in the late 1980s, before a brief bounce to two years in the […]
READ MORESeth Klarman Harvard Interview
Seth Klarman is one of the greatest investors ever, in my humble opinion. Check out his interview with Harvard Business School: Seth Klarman Harvard interview
READ MOREThe benefits of walking a dog
On a rather stressful day, I really enjoyed reading this article on the benefits of walking a dog. Here is a snippet on how walking a dog helped people in an assisted living home: To the surprise of the researchers, the dog walkers showed a big improvement in fitness, while the human walkers began making […]
READ MOREAlice Schroeder Interview
Jeff Matthews just posted a lengthy, yet excellent interview with Alice Schroeder, who wrote the book Snowball about Warren Buffett. Jeff Matthews Interview
READ MOREThe Truth About Grit
I enjoyed this article on how grit leads more to success than talent or intelligence. The Truth About Grit
READ MOREHunches
This is a very fascinating article in the New York Times on hunches and the brain. Check it out: Hunches and the brain
READ MOREHow David Beats Goliath
Please go read this article in the New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell. It is about how underdogs can win. It is simply fantastic and has many lessons that anyone, especially investors can use. Malcolm Gladwell – David vs. Goliath
READ MOREMea Culpa
I’ve been meaning to write this for awhile, but I think now is a good time to write this. I have been very wrong the past year. I’ve been wrong on specific stocks and the direction of the market. I’ve lost my investors and others lots of money despite my hard work and research. After […]
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