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We hired Milton Pollack, a brilliant lawyer who later became a distinguished federal judge. The suit unfolded slowly, and I fell into a ritual of having dinner with Pollack once a month during which he would update me on our progress and his methods. At that time he had a daughter in elementary school; he told me that before he asked any question o
... See moreEugene Linden • The Mind of Wall Street: A Legendary Financier on the Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market
People are willing to work free, and they are willing to work for a reasonable wage; but offer them just a small payment and they will walk away
Dan Ariely • Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
I asked Rob what he thought was the most revealing detail in his book. He thought for a moment before saying that it was the way Dalio treated his longtime number two and protégé, Greg Jensen . Jensen, as the book conveys, was a devoted Dalio acolyte of both the man and his Principles. Jensen was hoping to succeed Dalio and kept waiting and waiting... See more
The Shape of Bridgewater
I remember talking to an owner of a series of car dealerships in Spain in 2011-2012. The business had seen some massive boom years prior to the Great Recession, but following that, sales had collapsed. So now he had hundreds of employees on the payroll milling around doing very little at all. He could see the demise of the business ahead, but he ju
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