Brendan Morgan

How many folks, in country and in town,

Neglect their principal affair;

And let, for want of due repair,

A real house fall down,

To build a castle in the air?

3 Reasons to "Sell" in Life

Last week, investor Bill Ackman hosted a fireside chat conversation in Omaha in front of a standing room only crowd of 500+ investors.

Ackman was joined onstage by Ryan Israel, his partner and Chief Investment Officer.

During the conversation, an audience member asked Israel a deceptively simple question:

"How do you know

A programmer and writer who goes by Loopy, on the difference between preparing to do it and actually doing it:
"Things that aren't doing the thing:
Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
Telling people you're going to do the thing

Build a reputation for reliability.

My grandfather once told me: "You’ll achieve much more by being consistently reliable than by being occasionally extraordinary." I will never forget that. You can get pretty damn far by just being someone that people can count on to show up and do the work. Being reliable is entirely free but surprisingly rare.

3 Reasons to "Sell" in Life

Last week, investor Bill Ackman hosted a fireside chat conversation in Omaha in front of a standing room only crowd of 500+ investors.

Ackman was joined onstage by Ryan Israel, his partner and Chief Investment Officer.

During the conversation, an audience member asked Israel a deceptively simple question:

"How do you know