[Outliers] Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street

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Live by your own rules, not society’s expectations.

[Outliers] Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street

Property is a trust to be enlarged for future generations.

[Outliers] Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street

BBriggs Uhler

from Hetty Green

When you try to do too much, you never get anywhere. Focus.

[Outliers] Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street

BBriggs Uhler

YES!

from Hetty Green

Mix extreme patience with extreme decisiveness.

[Outliers] Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street

Her extreme frugality – refusing to take carriages despite being worth millions – wasn’t miserliness but rather an understanding that every dollar spent was a dollar that couldn’t compound.

[Outliers] Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street

BBriggs Uhler

Always look at opportunity costs!

in regards to Hetty Green

Watch your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.