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“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.”

Talking about problems is far more comfortable than solving them.

Reliable people don't just keep promises, they remove uncertainty from other people’s lives. If you're reliable, I don't need a backup plan.

"Large, sweeping changes often sound good in theory, but the faster you try to change your life, the more likely you are to backslide. Real change is

We kept circling the same point: enterprise value here is really about people. Mike observed that underwater promotes have pushed many mid-level leade

When you don't have the track record to sell people on your past, sell them on your future.

Talking about problems is far more comfortable than solving them.

Reliable people don't just keep promises, they remove uncertainty from other people’s lives. If you're reliable, I don't need a backup plan.

Investor Vince Hanks on balance in thinking: “I think if you're too qualitative, you miss a lot of details that are important, and if you're too quant

"A good position allows you to think clearly rather than be forced by circumstances into a decision. One reason the best in the world make consistentl

Charlie Munger on how to develop good judgment: “I sought good judgment mostly by collecting instances of bad judgment, then pondering ways to avoid

When thinking about millions, billions, and trillions, we tend to mentally categorize them as “big, bigger, biggest,” but… • A million seconds is 12

"Only while sleeping one makes no mistakes. Making mistakes is the privilege of the active — of those who can correct their mistakes and put them righ

Own the Operations Brookfield’s first real estate equity position was half of an office company. Lowell says that taught them the lesson everything el

Mike said most firms, by his survey work something like 83 percent, are just using AI to do today’s work faster. The ones he thinks will pull ahead st

We kept circling the same point: enterprise value here is really about people. Mike observed that underwater promotes have pushed many mid-level leade

“The goal of capital is not to replace you because capital doesn’t want you to go on vacation. The goal of capital is to make you interchangeable, not

In the age of AI, the questions you ask are more important than the answers you know.

Alex Robinson has a line he shares often: “Hold on tightly to the idea that you have a job here, and loosely to the idea that you know what your job i

Mike said most firms, by his survey work something like 83 percent, are just using AI to do today’s work faster. The ones he thinks will pull ahead st

"A good position allows you to think clearly rather than be forced by circumstances into a decision. One reason the best in the world make consistentl

Own the Operations Brookfield’s first real estate equity position was half of an office company. Lowell says that taught them the lesson everything el

One can even argue that the modern corporation and work arrangements are tools for the suppression of intelligence: For turning humans into small inte

This is at the heart of an idea called Kidlin’s Law (origin unknown): “If you can write down a problem clearly, you’ve already solved half of it.” Wri

The first line is the most important. Too many otherwise smart people bury the most valuable part of the message at the end. Delete everything but wha

“It matters where you get your dopamine. Get your dopamine from clarifying your ideas more than from their visibility.”