Whitewashing
Every time you hear the word "EBITDA", just substitute it with "bullshit earnings". People who use "EBIDTA" are trying to con you or they are conning themselves. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023)
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Stay tuned
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie - born Dale Carnagey, American author and personality coach (1888-1955), in the column "Being Discouraged Never Pays" in "The Marshall News Messenger" (29 January 1942), Quotations book 2023
Sabiduría de la vida
The wisdom of the Camino (pilgrimage) is the wisdom of life: Learn to overcome obstacles. wisdom of the pilgrims of the way of St. James La sabiduría del Camino es la sabiduría de la vida: Aprender a superar los obstáculos. sabiduría de los peregrinos del Camino de Santiago
беспорядок
Лишний порядок - это тоже беспорядок. Русская мудрость - котировочный буклет 2023 Excessive order is also disorder. Russian wisdom - Quotations book 2023
Knowledge increases like compound interest
Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), to students at the Columbia University (c. 2002), Quotations book 2023
Increase assets
The first rule of compounding: Never interrupt it unnecessarily. Morgan E. Housel – American investor and writer, partner at "Collaborative Fund" (b. 1983), from "The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness" (2020), Quotations book 2023
Behavior more important than knowledge
Financial success is not a hard science. It's a soft skill, where how you behave is more important than what you know. Morgan E. Housel – American investor and writer, partner at "Collaborative Fund" (b. 1983), from "The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness" (2020), Quotations book 2023
Creative energy
The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Daniel Jay "Dan" Millman - American trampoline gymnast (World Champion 1964) and motivational author (b. 1946), from the fictionalized memoir "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" (1980), often falsely attributed to the Greel philosopher Socrates (469-399 B.C.) due to the similarity of the novel...
Resilience
A good half of the art of living is resilience. Alain de Botton – British-Swiss philosopher and author (b. 1969), Quotations book 2023
Rational
I like Marty Zweig. He uses excellent risk control. Unlike some other gurus, he doesn’t believe he is predicting the future; he is simply observing what is happening and making rational bets. Bruce S. Kovner – American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist (b. 1945), on Martin "Marty" Zweig (American stock investor, investment adviser, and financial analyst, 1942-2013), from an...
Préparer
Les fléaux, en effet, sont une chose commune, mais on croit difficilement aux fléaux lorsqu'ils vous tombent sur la tête. Il y a eu dans le monde autant de pestes que de guerres. Et pourtant pestes et guerres trouvent les gens toujours aussi dépourvus. Albert Camus – écrivain et philosophe français, prix Nobel de littérature en 1957 (1913-1960), de "La Peste" (1947), brochure de citations...
Reading > Writing > Thinking
You can't replace reading with other sources of information like videos, because you need to read in order to write well, and you need to write in order to think well. Paul Graham – English-born American computer scientist, entrepreneur and author (b. 1964), in a "Twitter" message from November 16th, 2021 (since 2023 "X"), Quotations book 2023
Watchword 2023
You are the God who sees me. The Bible, Genesis 16:13 (NIV) The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) - he belonged to the Confessing Church - decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today....
Mobilise strengths
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. Muhammad Ali - born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., American boxer (1942-2016), in a "Facebook" message (10.11.2014), Quotations book 2023