From Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People. Smile "Charles Schwab told me his smile had been worth a million dollars. And he was probably understating the truth. For Schwab’s personality, his charm, his ability to make people like him, were almost wholly...
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How to make decisions according to Buffet, Munger and Bevelin
From Peter Bevelin's "All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." How to Make Decisions: "People chronically misappraise the limits of their own knowledge; that's one of the most basic parts of human nature. Knowing the edge of your circle of...
How to avoid Confirmation Bias by Buffett, Munger, and Bevelin.
From Peter Bevelin's "All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." How to Avoid Confirmation Bias: "It is easy to see that a quickly reached conclusion...combined with a tendency to resist any change in that conclusion, will naturally cause a...
Investing tips from Buffett, Munger, and Bevelin
From Peter Bevelin's "All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." Investing tips from Buffet, Munger, and Bevelin: "I pay no attention to economic forecasting. I worry about being in good business with good people. That's all I focus...
My favorite quotes from Buffet and Munger
From Peter Bevelin's "All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." My Favorite Quotes from Bevelin's Book: "This modern generation, which has gotten so good at doing two or three things at once- multi-tasking, aided by electronic devices- I'll...
Motivation is overrated. Changing your environment in more important to form a habit.
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" Motivation Is Overrated. Changing your Environment Is More Important to Form a Habit. "When scientists analyze people who appear to have tremendous self-control, it turns out those individuals aren’t all that different from...
To keep up a habit, you must make a habit contract or have an accountability partner.
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" To keep up a habit, you must make a habit contract. "Thankfully, there is a straightforward way to add an immediate cost to any bad habit: create a habit contract." (p. 207) "A habit contract is a verbal or written agreement in...
You must track your habits to see if you are making progress
From James Clear "Atomic Habits" You Must Track Your Habits to See if You Are Making Progress! "Making progress is satisfying, and visual measures—like moving paper clips or hairpins or marbles—provide clear evidence of your progress. As a result, they reinforce your...
To overcome a bad habit, make it impractical to do the habit.
By James Clear "Atomic Habits" "The best way to break a bad habit is to make it impractical to do. Increase the friction until you don’t even have the option to act." "Sometimes success is less about making good habits easy and more about making bad habits hard." (p....
To start a new habit, you must make it very very easy.
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" To Start a New Habit, You Must Make It Very Very Easy. "If you want to master a habit, the key is to start with repetition, not perfection. You don’t need to map out every feature of a new habit. You just need to practice it."...