Alice Schroeder
American financial analyst and writer; Berkshire Hathaway's leading insurance analyst at Morgan Stanley, then Warren Buffett's authorised biographer, author of The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (2008).
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Nobody expects what they will see on paper when they hand an author the unfettered task of writing their life
I think that nobody expects what they are going to see on paper when they hand over to an author the unfettered task or responsibility to write about their life.
fool.comSaid 10 Nov 2009This on korrents
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Now that everybody has access to everything, the diligent are no longer rewarded the way they used to be
Now everybody has access to everything, and so the diligent are no longer really rewarded the way they used to be.
fool.comSaid 9 Nov 2009This on korrents
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Nobody expects what they will see on paper when they hand an author the unfettered task of writing their life
I think that nobody expects what they are going to see on paper when they hand over to an author the unfettered task or responsibility to write about their life.
Interview With Alice Schroeder: Buffett's Cold Shoulder (The Motley Fool) Said 10 Nov 2009
Invest in your education as early as you can, so it has the longest time to compound
On the other hand, if you are investing in your education and you are learning, you should do that as early as you possibly can, because then it will have time to compound over the longest period.
Interview With Alice Schroeder: Buffett's Cold Shoulder (The Motley Fool) Said 10 Nov 2009
Choose to learn things that will make you smarter in 10 or 20 years rather than things that may soon be obsolete
So instead of learning something that might become obsolete tomorrow, like some particular type of software [that no one even uses two years later], choose things that will make you smarter in 10 or 20 years. That lesson is something I use all the time now.
Interview With Alice Schroeder: Buffett's Cold Shoulder (The Motley Fool) Said 10 Nov 2009
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Now that everybody has access to everything, the diligent are no longer rewarded the way they used to be
Now everybody has access to everything, and so the diligent are no longer really rewarded the way they used to be.
Interview With Alice Schroeder: Buffett's Biggest Weakness (The Motley Fool) Said 9 Nov 2009
Buffett's biggest weakness is the flipside of his strength: he is rigid and does not really listen
His biggest weakness is the flipside of his strength. He is pretty rigid and he doesn't really listen.
Interview With Alice Schroeder: Buffett's Biggest Weakness (The Motley Fool) Said 9 Nov 2009
The biggest business misconception about Buffett is that he is a buy-and-hold-forever investor
On the business side, I think the biggest misconception about him is that he is a "buy and hold forever investor." He has never said that, but people take little snippets and slices of things that he said, and they turn them into mantras or slogans.
Interview With Alice Schroeder: One Big Misconception About Buffett (The Motley Fool) Said 6 Nov 2009
People succeed through a balance of their own efforts and their circumstances
I do believe that people succeed based on a balance of their own efforts and their circumstances, but I think he is right to emphasize the circumstances here, because he was very fortunate.
Interview With Alice Schroeder: One Big Misconception About Buffett (The Motley Fool) Said 6 Nov 2009
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