Passion vs. Brain Power
I would argue that passion is more important than brain power.
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Ask the Right Questions
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
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Make Yourself Happy
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
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A Money Manager’s IQ
“A money manager with an IQ of 160 and thinks it’s 180 will kill you,” he said. “Going with a...
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Mitch Hedberg on Playing Golf
I played golf. I did not get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. That’s way more...
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Palm Reading
I had my palm read. I wrote something on it first, to see if she would read that too.
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Seek Enlightenment
In the broadest context, the goal is to seek enlightenment — however you define it.
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It’s Time to Smile
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
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Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin...
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Set Your Course and…
Ride your horse in the direction that it’s going.
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Is there such thing as a cheerful pessimist? That’s what I am.
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All intelligent investing is value investing.
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Those of us who have been very fortunate have a duty to give back.
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I’ve had kids in both moderate and immoderate circumstances, and to be honest, my children that were raised when we...
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I have a black belt in chutzpah. I was born with it. Some people, like some of the women I...
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Ninety-nine percent of the troubles that threaten our civilization come from too optimistic accounting.
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Warren talked to guy at an investment bank and asked how they made their money. He said, “Off the top,...
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You don’t really have a competency if you don’t know the edge of it.
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For many of our shareholders, our stock is all they own, and we’re acutely aware of that. Our culture [of...
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It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until...
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My number one job here at Apple is to make sure that the top 100 people are A+ players. And...
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Celebrate Everything!
Until further notice, celebrate everything.
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When I’m Upside Down
I wear a necklace, cause I wanna know when I’m upside down.
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There are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting. I remember when I wasn’t awash in cash...
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The tax code gives you an enormous advantage if you can find some things you can just sit with.
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My girlfriend always laughs during sex – no matter what she’s reading.
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The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.
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The game is to keep learning, and I don’t think people are going to keep learning who don’t like the...
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We used to dream about this stuff. Now we get to build it. It’s pretty great.
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Learning Vicariously
Obviously the more hard lessons you can learn vicariously, instead of from your own terrible experiences, the better off you...
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Think Before You Blow Up
Anger is action without thoughts.
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Persevere to Succeed
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
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Laugh to Stay Sane
If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.
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Grow from Your Struggles
She didn’t struggle so she didn’t grow.
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Live within your income and save so that you can invest.
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There has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a...
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Our culture is very old-fashioned, like Ben Franklin or Andrew Carnegie. Can you imagine Andrew Carnegie hiring consultants?
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