Money and Finance
- Seneca, Montaigne, And Paying Attention...
From Sarah Bakewell in How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer:As Seneca put it, life does not pause to remind you that it is running out: The only one who can keep you mindful of this is you: It...
- Montaigne Quote
From The Complete Essays of Montaigne: "Look on each day as if it were your last, And each unlooked-for hour will seem a boon." HORACE It is uncertain where death awaits us; let us await it everywhere. Premeditation of death is premeditation...
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William Deresiewicz: How To Learn How To Think (LINK) [A great find/post/excerpt from Shane. It also reminds me of a recent comment Charlie Munger made about how he thinks the younger generations' lack of focus is doing them a great disservice. And...
- Montaigne Quote
"In order always to be learning something by communication with others (which is one of the finest schools there can be), I observe in my travels this practice: I always steer those I talk with back to the subjects they know best....For most often the...
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Sanjay Bakshi lecture: Klein vs. Kahneman (LINK) Peter Thiel profiled in Fortune (LINK) Related book: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the FutureHow the Next iPhone Could Finally Kill the Credit Card (LINK) Why Buffett's son bought...
Money and Finance
Montaigne quote
"Fortune does us neither good not hurt; she only presents us the matter, and the seed, which our soul, more powerfully than she, turns and applies as she best pleases; being the sole cause and sovereign mistress of her own happy or unhappy condition." -Michel de Montaigne (The Complete Essays of Montaigne)
- Seneca, Montaigne, And Paying Attention...
From Sarah Bakewell in How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer:As Seneca put it, life does not pause to remind you that it is running out: The only one who can keep you mindful of this is you: It...
- Montaigne Quote
From The Complete Essays of Montaigne: "Look on each day as if it were your last, And each unlooked-for hour will seem a boon." HORACE It is uncertain where death awaits us; let us await it everywhere. Premeditation of death is premeditation...
- Links
William Deresiewicz: How To Learn How To Think (LINK) [A great find/post/excerpt from Shane. It also reminds me of a recent comment Charlie Munger made about how he thinks the younger generations' lack of focus is doing them a great disservice. And...
- Montaigne Quote
"In order always to be learning something by communication with others (which is one of the finest schools there can be), I observe in my travels this practice: I always steer those I talk with back to the subjects they know best....For most often the...
- Links
Sanjay Bakshi lecture: Klein vs. Kahneman (LINK) Peter Thiel profiled in Fortune (LINK) Related book: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the FutureHow the Next iPhone Could Finally Kill the Credit Card (LINK) Why Buffett's son bought...