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Dec 4 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Hey everyone! I wanted to start a thread about something that's been on my mind lately: the power of small acts of kindness.
We often think of kindness as these big, grand gestures that take a lot of time and effort. But the truth is, it's the little things that can make the biggest difference in someone's day.
For example, holding the door open for someone, or offering a kind word to someone who looks like they're having a tough day. These may seem like small gestures, but they can have a huge impact on the person on the receiving end.
And the best part? We can all do it! No matter who we are or what our circumstances are, we can all choose to be kind to others. So let's make a conscious effort to spread some kindness today and every day.

Who's with me? #KindnessMatters
No whammies, big money. No whammies, big money. Stop!

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Nov 12
Great thread @oldbooksguy! I'm glad you're shining the spotlight on Dostoevsky. I was surprised you didn't mention his faith, which was central to his life and philosophy:

“It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.”
I loved reading Dostoevsky, and studying his struggles with faith and doubt were a key part of my exploration.

Like him, I was a skeptic. And like him, I came to faith kicking and screaming after weighing the evidence and experiencing love.

Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
“How dreadfully has it tormented me (and torments me even now) this longing for faith, which is all the stronger for the proofs I have against it. And yet God gives me sometimes moments of perfect peace; in such moments I love and believe that I am loved.” (Letter to Fonvisin)
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Aug 4
Most owners scale themselves, not businesses. Builders must:
1) Know yourself, and create priorities.
2) Hire competent outsiders – build out a management team.
3) Mentor, train, and delegate.
4) Document institutional knowledge and key processes.
5) Scale functions.
Here's a list of questions to help you understand if you're scaling yourself or building your business:

To what degree do customers buy from you individually or from the company?

When a customer or supplier is confused or dissatisfied, at what stage do you get a call?
What do you check on daily? What would happen if you didn’t?

Are processes well documented for all team members? What requires your involvement (initiation, review, approval, quality control)?

Who and what drive product/service development?
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Aug 2
This is a common misconception, and thankfully not true.

Because of the kindness of @tseides, @patrick_oshag and I joined Mr. Buffett and Todd Combs for dinner a while back. I brought a list of 28 questions from studying the history of BRK.

#1 was about coming close to failure.
I wanted to know about the very early days of Dempster Mill and Sanborn Map Company, both outsized investments that combined for most of the assets of the partnership.

To make a long story short, neither were going great and especially Dempster Mill, which was in peril.
Buffett had recently met this guy named Charlie who lived in LA. During a chat, Warren asked Charlie if he knew of anyone who could help fix a business. He remembered a guy named Harry Bottle.

Buffett hired Bottle who moved to Iowa and turned around Dempster.
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Jul 3
Josh, I admire you and greatly appreciate our friendship, but this ain’t it.

Cherry picking quotes from some crazy person isn’t helpful. Those are obviously not anything close to orthodox beliefs.

How would you feel if I quoted Jeffrey Dahmer and ascribed it to all atheists?
Or, atheist Adolf Hitler:
Or even, Charles Darwin: “According to the laws of natural selection, the European race will emerge as the distinct species Homo sapiens, and all the transitional forms — the gorilla, the chimpanzee, the Negro, and the Australian Aborigine — will be extinguished in the struggle.”
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Jun 2
Last week was the third @CapitalCamp.

400 people from 16 countries descended on Columbia, MO for three days of investing conversations, and more importantly great food, drink, and fun.

Here’s a look behind the scenes, starting with last year’s recap:

Too often conferences are bore-fests with bad food that quickly devolve into card-slinging hustle-fests.

The “So, whatcha do?” turns into a sales pitch, over-and-over. Transactions become the goal and people become a means to an end.

Not @CapitalCamp. ImageImageImageImage
The big idea is simple and hard to pull off.

@patrick_oshag and I want to create an environment that gets a group of high-achievers to let down their guard, engage in meaningful ways, renew old relationships, and begin some life-long friendships.

The “how” is more difficult... ImageImageImageImage
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May 23
HBD! What wisdom to ask this question! Here goes...

1) No matter how important you think relationships are, they’re more important.

2) Reliability is a superpower. Do what you say you would, when you said you’d do it, for the price you said you’d do it for. Every single time.
3) If you believe something or someone or some experience will make you happy, you’re going to be disappointed when you get it.

4) Great questions, like the one you asked, are the key that unlocks everything. Stop talking about yourself and be a student of others.
5) If you’re hurting, physically or more importantly emotionally, don’t ignore it. Go do the work to understand what’s underneath it. Don't make peace with anxiety and dread.

6) Everything worth doing is hard and takes far more time than you’d expect, even if you expect it.
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