Howard Marks

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431 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 15 Jul

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I think it's a beautiful quote.

You know, I go to Wharton and Harvard and all these places and Columbia.

And I say, and you know, the fact that you're in this room probably means that you can live your life your own way.

You probably have what it takes to live your life your own way, intellectually and work ethic and so forth.

But you have to figure out what it is.

That's the hard part.

Who are you?

And what I say to them is, try to find something that will play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, and make you happy.

What that means is, well, that sounds obvious.

Who the hell wouldn't follow that instruction?

Well, the answer is, what it means is, you can't let your friends decide what you should do.

You can't do things because your friends are doing them.

You can't let society decide what you should do.

You can't let your parents decide what you should do.

You have to think it out for yourself.

Having said that, it's very difficult because it's hard to know yourself.

And we know that in 20 years, you'll be a different person.

How can you make a decision today on what will make that person happy?

Very difficult, but you got to try.

That's my advice, which I didn't take when I was a kid and I was derelict, but I got lucky.

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