14 Dec The Weekend Starts Here...
For those of you still working (and / or those of you with a home office) are you a ‘messy-desker’? If you are (and looking at my desk right now I’d have to admit I am) take heart, because there is evidence that a desk in a state of ‘benign neglect’ is more conducive to allowing ideas to grow than a tidy desk. [3 min read] [Tim Harford]
This next piece amazed me. Ten years after the arrest of Bernie Madoff, his victims are close to getting their $19 billion back. [5 min read]
Tren Griffin works at Microsoft. He also has a fantastic blog. This week, he posted a great thread on Charlie Munger, on Twitter. [2 min read] [Tren Griffin]
“Minimizing future regret is hard to rationalize on paper but easy to justify in real life.” Rational vs Reasonable. [4 min read] [Morgan Housel]
“Tiny, nearly imperceptible changes can make a huge difference when you factor in time.” [3 min read] [Shane Parrish]
I think he could do with brushing up on his chatup lines 😊, but this is still good advice
[4 min read] [Monevator]
“It’s often said that real friends will tell you what you NEED to hear versus what you WANT to hear. A trusted advisor will tell you the harsh realities needed to achieve financial success.”
[3 min read] [Tim Mullooly]
I have a great deal of respect for the FIRE community, but I agree with this next post – sometimes they can oversimplify things [4 min read] [Michael Batnick]
Forecasts are, for the most part, an exercise in futility. [4 min read] [Barry Ritholtz]
And finally. This. I love the internets 😊 [0:33 video]
Whatever you’re up to this weekend, I hope it’s a good one. My nerves are only just settling down after Tuesday evening. Looking forward to Sunday
Carolyn