“It’s easy to overlook what I consider to be the critical lesson of the Mrs. B saga: at 93, Omaha based Board Chairmen have yet to reach their peak. Please file this fact away to consult before you mark your ballot at the 2024 annual meeting of Berkshire.” (From the 1986 Buffett’s letter to shareholders)…
“It’s peculiar that this high IQ nerds in China and India love me and in my own country people think I’m a pompous old bastard” “Nobody thinks the way I do. I feel lonely” Charlie Munger, a conversation with John Collison, 2023 Scrivi il tuo obituary, il tuo necrologio da giovane e vivi accordingly,…
Cari Amici, partners, intelligent investors, lo so è passato un mese e piu’ dalla promessa seconda parte dell’articolo su il metodo “Wooden” riguardante i dettagli, ispirato dall’incontro con Metheny. Qualcuno mi ha addirittura scritto, (wow!) raccontandomi di come sia alla ricerca dei libri di coach Wooden e rispondo subito dicendo: comprane uno, a caso, gli…
Cari amici, Buffett students, partners, la lettera di Warren di quest’anno ha ricevuto oltre i commenti di rito in generale anche qualche critica per la brevita’ e per quello che non c’e’ scritto, piu’ che per quello che c’e’ scritto. La critica di per se’ e’ inconsistente e futile perche’ dimostra di essere lontana da…
Warren E. Buffett was born the 30th of august 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska. As we salute his 92nd birthday today we also humbly celebrate the 4th year of this blog and website. When in the sixties in London people wrote on the walls of the city : EC IS GOD (Eric Clapton is God) a…
“Personal History” is Katharine Graham’s autobiography. A memoir that shines for its honesty, the remarkable wide range of stories and people she met. I’m a voracious reader of biographies, and I found this one wonderful. The Washington Post saga is a lesson in business and life in itself that should be taught. It contains…
“We should live well but not in luxury” Seneca, “Moral letters” What does truly make you happy? Seneca and the stoics thought that happiness resides easily in small things. Incidentally Benjamin Franklin many centuries later pointed out that more than in the big strikes of luck, that also may happen, happiness can be found in…
Vi consiglio un libro in italiano che mi ha seguito in valigia e poi in tasca nel recente arrivo a Roma dagli States. Breve ma efficacissimo: “Pensa che ti passa” di Francesco Muzzarelli (Emi, gli infralibri) Sottotitolo: “Usare la testa per non farsi male”. Va via d’un fiato ed è un piacere per chi come…
The most important thing I always looked for in great investors and great business minds is integrity. From there I started to evaluate my relationships with the others in every field under a new light. It improved my life a big deal. Ethics improves your skills in business teaching you that everyday you advertise yourself…
Let’s go back to this good book I recommend to everyone : “the Snowball” by Alice Shroeder (Bantam Books). The subtitle “The business of Life” tells in few words many many things. It has to do with the concept that life and business are very co-related but deeper than that It’s probably about going where…