Billy Rose
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his family, his fortune, and his direction. But he refused to let tragedy define him. Life will have terrible blows, horrible blows, unfair blows. It doesn't matter, he said. His idea was to adopt a positive outlook, refusing to be a victim.
Determined to rebuild his professional life, Charlie immensed himself in the study of investing, focusing on simplicity, long-term growth, high-quality companies. He also began to reform his personal life. He remarried, started a new family, finding joy, renewed purpose, and a second chance as it happens. By the 70s, Charlie hooked up and partnered with Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway.
Determined to rebuild his professional life, Charlie immensed himself in the study of investing, focusing on simplicity, long-term growth, high-quality companies. He also began to reform his personal life. He remarried, started a new family, finding joy, renewed purpose, and a second chance as it happens. By the 70s, Charlie hooked up and partnered with Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway.
Determined to rebuild his professional life, Charlie immensed himself in the study of investing, focusing on simplicity, long-term growth, high-quality companies. He also began to reform his personal life. He remarried, started a new family, finding joy, renewed purpose, and a second chance as it happens. By the 70s, Charlie hooked up and partnered with Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway.
Together, they created a global powerhouse. emphasizing discipline and patience in investing. Today, Berkshire is worth over $1 trillion. Before his death, Charlie argued that none of this would have been possible if he hadn't adopted a positive outlook. Feeling like a victim is a perfectly disastrous way to go through life. I am not a victim. I am a survivor. What a story. I never knew that.
Together, they created a global powerhouse. emphasizing discipline and patience in investing. Today, Berkshire is worth over $1 trillion. Before his death, Charlie argued that none of this would have been possible if he hadn't adopted a positive outlook. Feeling like a victim is a perfectly disastrous way to go through life. I am not a victim. I am a survivor. What a story. I never knew that.
Together, they created a global powerhouse. emphasizing discipline and patience in investing. Today, Berkshire is worth over $1 trillion. Before his death, Charlie argued that none of this would have been possible if he hadn't adopted a positive outlook. Feeling like a victim is a perfectly disastrous way to go through life. I am not a victim. I am a survivor. What a story. I never knew that.
Did you? No. Yeah. That's amazing. You just assumed he was like, you know, golden child, Harvard grad, and life was good. I thought he started wealthy. Yeah, right? Well, I mean, at 31. Donald Trump, right, started to give $30 million to start?
Did you? No. Yeah. That's amazing. You just assumed he was like, you know, golden child, Harvard grad, and life was good. I thought he started wealthy. Yeah, right? Well, I mean, at 31. Donald Trump, right, started to give $30 million to start?
Did you? No. Yeah. That's amazing. You just assumed he was like, you know, golden child, Harvard grad, and life was good. I thought he started wealthy. Yeah, right? Well, I mean, at 31. Donald Trump, right, started to give $30 million to start?
Maybe a little leveraged. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.
Maybe a little leveraged. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.
Maybe a little leveraged. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.
There's lots of people that have done that. Yeah, well, and I'll be the first to tell you. I had three kids, three young boys. I actually was 33 years old. I had built a food company. I took it public. We were flying high. We overexpanded like crazy, okay? And I went home one day with my desk chair, okay, with no job. And, you know, I had a real talking to myself.
There's lots of people that have done that. Yeah, well, and I'll be the first to tell you. I had three kids, three young boys. I actually was 33 years old. I had built a food company. I took it public. We were flying high. We overexpanded like crazy, okay? And I went home one day with my desk chair, okay, with no job. And, you know, I had a real talking to myself.
There's lots of people that have done that. Yeah, well, and I'll be the first to tell you. I had three kids, three young boys. I actually was 33 years old. I had built a food company. I took it public. We were flying high. We overexpanded like crazy, okay? And I went home one day with my desk chair, okay, with no job. And, you know, I had a real talking to myself.
And it was like I called up my mentor. And I said, Richard, you know, here's my situation. And he's like, well, you know, pressure makes two things. Diamonds or coal. Yeah. And you're a diamond, Billy. So get after it and stop it. Go build.
And it was like I called up my mentor. And I said, Richard, you know, here's my situation. And he's like, well, you know, pressure makes two things. Diamonds or coal. Yeah. And you're a diamond, Billy. So get after it and stop it. Go build.
And it was like I called up my mentor. And I said, Richard, you know, here's my situation. And he's like, well, you know, pressure makes two things. Diamonds or coal. Yeah. And you're a diamond, Billy. So get after it and stop it. Go build.
No, coal's not that bad.