Before being hired by CWS, I had to do a personality profile that literally was an all-day affair. One of the questions I remember required me to fill in the blank after starting off with “Happiness is_____”. Without much reflection,
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Lessons in Leadership and Civility from Lincoln
I was flipping through the television channels last week, and I came across Ken Burns’s last episode of his Civil War documentary. It is such a highly regarded series and one in which I hope to see from beginning to end someday. I have always been fascinated by the Civil War,
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Be Indispensable!
Like many people who have had long careers and experienced the inevitable ups and downs that go with any long-term venture, I often reflexively respond to those asking for life-changing advice by telling them to do what you love. Actually, it’s more do what you’re passionate about,
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Investment Biases: Hurricanes & Munger
June is the start of the North American hurricane season. So why did I reference the hurricane season? Not because of its impact on insurance rates, although we do follow them because costly years can affect the price of coverage the following year for property owners. I bring it up because I read an article citing a fascinating study that has some application to investing and the biases to which we’re all susceptible.
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Jeffrey Gundlach's Secret Sauce of Investors-Understanding Isn't Predicting
There was a very interesting Forbes profile of Jeffrey Gundlach, the new reigning bond king. He’s the founder of DoubleLine Capital, which is now one of the pre-eminent money managers in the world focusing on fixed income investments. Gundlach is a brilliant and outspoken individual who doesn’t suffer fools easily.
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Reflections on The Importance of Habits from A Booster and Blow to the Head
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Gary Carmell
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Gary Carmell
Posted in Advice, COVID 19, Investing, People, Personal, Psychology, Uncategorized
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The more I go through life, the more convinced I am of how so much of what we do and who we are are a compilation of our habits. Of course, habits can be beneficial or harmful. It goes without saying that we should strive to build up and sustain the good ones and avoid or eliminate the counterproductive ones.
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Top Investable Lyrics From the Philosophical Investor
As some of the readers of my CWS writings know, I’m a big music fan. I particularly enjoy using rock and roll lyrics to convey important points. I thought I would have some fun and share with you some of my favorite Investable Lyrics that I find myself quoting every now and then and why I find them relevant,
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Turn and Face the Strange - Advice for Successful Life & Investing
There is understandably a lot of fear, trepidation, and obsession about death and mortality. When I find myself inspired to think more deeply about particular subjects, I often find myself going back to some of the world’s great philosophers. In this case, I turned to Socrates who had an interesting perspective on death.
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Dress For Success - The Cognitive Consequences of Formal Clothing
There is a reason why some catchy phrases and words of advice hang around for a long time. They are usually pretty accurate. “Dress for Success” is one of those. The adage is used to help people shift their mindset from one of scarcity and limited thinking to one that is much more abundance and optimism oriented.
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GO for it! Mastery and What it Takes to Become One
I subscribe to Kindle Unlimited. This allows me to access any book in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited library provided that I don’t have more than 10 checked out at any one time. I honestly don’t know if it pays for itself because a lot of the books that I end up reading are quite inexpensive but what it does do is introduce me to books I would probably not have been aware of and results in me reading some I would never have considered purchasing.
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