1/ One of the best talks I have heard on finding/being a mentor and finding an immense passion was given by Bill Gurley at the University of Texas Gurley called the talk "Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love" (9/14/2018.) 
2/ What Gurley talks about was never more clear to me than in 1994, the year I was one of four founding employees of a startup backed by Bill Gates and Craig McCaw. It was also the year I was introduced to Michael Mauboussin by Michael Larson, who introduced me to Bill Gurley.
3/ Bill Gurley advises people to:
"Hone your craft.
Develop mentors in your field.
Embrace peer relationships in your field.
Always be gracious and humble."
NEVER stop learning. Be a learning machine. Learn from the very best people. Read, read and read. Think and rethink
"Hone your craft.
Develop mentors in your field.
Embrace peer relationships in your field.
Always be gracious and humble."
NEVER stop learning. Be a learning machine. Learn from the very best people. Read, read and read. Think and rethink
4/ Craig McCaw asked me to have lunch this week and I walked by my old office. It reminded me of the day in 1994 when a wonderful investor named Jerry St. Dennis delivered a set of binders to me which printed out everything Buffett and Munger had ever said in a public setting.
15/ 1994 was before you could just find what you wanted on the Internet. Jerry St. Dennis employed researchers to find all this printed material and he knew I liked to read. He dropped by later and said: "You are the sort of person who will actually read all this." He was right.
6/ To repay Jerry's gift and to organize my thinking, I compiled this "book of Charlie Munger" for myself that you can read for free. 25iq.com/quotations/cha… If you want it fully footnoted and edited you need to buy my book which 100% benefits a charity. amazon.com/Charlie-Munger…
