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August 2023
When you have nothing to add, don't.
Sometimes the most important thing to say is nothing at all
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Brian Gongol
May 2023
A tent revival for capitalists
Attending the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting isn't quite a religious experience, but it's one of the rare places where good capitalists make a strong…
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Brian Gongol
Good investing is hard to televise
Superinvestors don't get their advice from carnival barkers
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Brian Gongol
Major decisions
Don't just do what you love, but don't just do what pays the most, either
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Brian Gongol
Have a friend, and listen to that friend
"Disruption" is overrated. Thoughtful, well-considered action is better.
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Brian Gongol
Thinking a century in advance
China's governing powers aren't really doing it. Long-term thinking has to be adaptable.
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Brian Gongol
Conglomerates: Not dead yet
Even if GE is no longer what it once was
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Brian Gongol
The market isn't your friend nor your foe
That's because it's not a person
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Brian Gongol
Seriously: Don't panic
The overwhelming majority of stock-market participants follow emotions, not logic. Don't do that.
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Brian Gongol
Just be decent
A society does itself no good when it accepts behavioral pathologies as the cost of doing business to get extraordinary performance. That much really…
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Brian Gongol
Finding the greater fool
Don't sabotage yourself by falling for dressed-up nonsense
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Brian Gongol
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