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Began reading The Warren Buffett Shareholder today. This is from the preface. Many contributors to this book remark upon Buffetts’s distinctive teaching style, which tends to instruct people how to think rather than what to think. And John Bogle has attended one Meeting, but attests that even one can change your world. A couple of pages later Our premise was that Berkshire’s intrinsic value owes a lot to the Meeting and the shareholder community. Buffett wrote in his 2014 letter … ...

Jason Fried, founder of Basecamp, and prolific blogger on why writing is important and how (and why) he uses writing as a hiring filter. First, in an interview with Chase Jarvis on youtube. CJ: What are some other really key things that you look for, that you’ve built into your company? Just some of the ones that are maybe more important to you well yeah how do you think about it? ...

I want this glorious verse from Mary Oliver’s poem to be my eulogy, when, you know, my death comes. When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument. ...

If you haven’t already heard me raving about Hardcore History and Dan Carlin then you’re about to :) Hardcore History is the world’s slowest podcast. The Accidental Tech Podcast, a topical weekly Apple news podcast that i listen to, started in 2013 and as of today, 16th January, 2019 is now on episode 308. Hardcore History, on the other hand, began its run in 2005 and is now on episode 65. I just checked the feed and Dan averages a measly two episodes a year. ...

Thank you notes like these only make you fall in love with the folks who do the work. And make you want to support them even more! Thank you, Dan Carlin. For all you do. Brittany Durbin britt@dancarlin.com 5:26 AM (4 hours ago) to me Mario, When people ask us how we fund our operations around here, I usually tell them about our “global street performer” business model. A long time ago I realized that there’s probably not a whole lot of meaningful difference between what I do and what a violin player who finds a nice location on a street corner somewhere, opens up his/her violin case and begins playing does. We are both relying on “passers-by” throwing a few coins into the instrument case (or baseball cap as the case may be, haha) to keep us going. Of course, I work a very busy, global “street corner” (virtually speaking, right?). ...

Reasons to Write #339 From Eric Barker’s, “The 3-Step Evening Ritual That Will Make You Happy” Writing helped people suffering from depression, anxiety or PTSD. It helped their relationships too. But that wasn’t all … Their physical health improved as well. Women with breast cancer reported fewer symptoms and required fewer cancer-related doctor visits. People with asthma and arthritis “reported meaningful improvements in quality of life similar to benefits that would be expected by a successful new drug treatment.” ...