Every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it because the challenges faced by someone in the arena are often invisible to those in the crowd.
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Every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it because the challenges faced by someone in the arena are often invisible to those in the crowd.
lk 158
“Toimejõud” on tehniline nimetus tundele, et inimene on oma elu peremees: teab, millises eluetapis ta parajasti viibib; teab, et tal on temaga toimuva suhtes õigus oma arvamusele; teab, et tal on teatud võime oma olukorda kujundada.
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The trick that often goes overlooked—even by the wealthiest—is what we saw in chapter 10: realizing that you don’t need a specific reason to save.
lk 145
The most important economic events of the future—things that will move the needle the most—are things that history gives us little to no guide about.
lk 128
Most forecasts about where the economy and the stock market are heading next are terrible, but making forecasts is reasonable.
lk 119
The man who can do the average thing when all those around him are going crazy.
Napoleon
lk 76
It is not intuitive that investor can be wrong half the time and still make a fortune. It means we underestimate how normal it is for a lot of things to fail.
lk 72
The ability to stick around for a long time, without wiping out or being forced to give up, is what makes the biggest difference. This should be the cornerstone of your strategy, whether it’s investing or your career or a business you own.
lk 60
But there’s only one way to stay wealthy: some combination of frugality and paranoia.
lk 57
Good investing is not necessarily about making good decisions. It’s about consistently not screwing up.
lk 55
But good investing isn’t necessarily about earning the highest returns, because the highest returns tend to be one-off hits that can’t be repeated. It’s about earning pretty good returns that you can stick with and which can be repeated for the longest period of time.
lk 53
If something compounds—if a little growth serves as the fuel for future growth—a small starting base can lead to results so extraordinary they seem to defy logic. It can be so logic-defying that you underestimate what’s possible, where growth comes from, and what it can lead to.
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Luck and risk are siblings. They are both the reality that every outcome in life is guided by forces other than individual effort.
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