Charlie Munger mentioned the qualities Warren Buffett looks for when hiring – “But other people interpret that to mean that if you take a pile of money and hire the very best people you can get, who’ve gotten A’s in business schools and who are honest and know the lingo of modern management and are nice to their wives and work hard and are just quality people, then its sure to work. That’s not what he means. His definition of a wonderful person, is somebody who could fall out a freight car with no money in a strange town and without cheating anybody become rich without waiting too long.” Mr.…
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The Inner game of tennis by Timothy Gallwey
This book was written in 1970s by Timothy Gallwey who at the time was a tennis coach and amateur tennis player. The book was written as a manual for tennis players to improve their game. But it has found widespread applicability outside of tennis and even outside of sports to areas as diverse as music, business, writing etc. Think about a person you admire who is an expert in their field. What are the qualities you think set them apart from others? One obvious quality is that they have better skills in their chosen field. But the thesis of this book is that there is something else apart from the…