Interview With Alice Schroeder: Buffett's Cold Shoulder (The Motley Fool)

Alice Schroeder · 10 Nov 2009

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Nobody expects what they will see on paper when they hand an author the unfettered task of writing their life

Their wordsI 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.

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Nobody expects what they will see on paper when they hand an author the unfettered task of writing their life

Their wordsI 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.
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Invest in your education as early as you can, so it has the longest time to compound

Their wordsOn 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.
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Choose to learn things that will make you smarter in 10 or 20 years rather than things that may soon be obsolete

Their wordsSo 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.

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