Expedite your knowledge:

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Expedite your knowledge.

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Learn from the best.

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Learn from old people.

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Those who have been around a while.

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Those who have read and experienced things that seem hard to imagine.

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Living through the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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First man on the moon.

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Vietnam.

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The fall of the Berlin Wall.

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There are people out there who have lived through all of that and never stopped learning.

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Always up to date.

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Always curious.

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Buffet is one guy.

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Charlie Munger another.

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Sam Zell a third.

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Stanley Druckenmiller a fourth.

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Howard Marks a fifth.

Jim Rogers a sixth.

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Jeremy Grantham a seventh.

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And my personal favourite, Ray Dalio.

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All of these people are legendary investors.

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Their careers speak for themselves.

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They’ve chosen to share their knowledge with the world.

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Share their insights as to how they see the current world setup.

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Short answer - it’s not good.

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My macro, geopolitical and economic pieces come from them.

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If I’ve learned anything being an investor is I know nothing.

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Zero.

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All I do is steal ideas from the best and add my own opinion.

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Are they all going to be right about the direction the world is heading?

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We don’t know.

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They might.

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But if all of them are saying similar things, pay attention.

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I bring this up because we don’t have good role models today.

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We don’t have good role models in the mainstream media who prioritize education and teaching.

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We usually hear an American, western neo-liberal point of view but we need global points of view.

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Those who understand the history of the world.

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We have hundreds of cultures, religions and languages but human behaviour is the same.

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What humans have been doing for thousands of years, they’ll continue to do thousands of years from now.

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The reason why everyone should read the Stoics.

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They understood the human condition better than anyone and they lived thousands of years ago.

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Best insights in the world are in their teachings.

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But this is how you do it.

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This is how you advance your knowledge.

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Follow the best.

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Listen to them.

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Understand them.

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Read the books they’re reading.

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Watch and listen to the interviews they’ve done.

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They’re the best in the world for a reason.

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One day I hope to get there and if any of them ever read this, thank you for your incredible service to humanity.

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Keep teaching the world your insights.

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We need more smart people discussing these broad topics that will affect us all.

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So what should you do?

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Read. Listen. Learn.

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Invest in your own education.

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Learn from the greatest in their fields.

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Do that and you’ll expedite your knowledge.

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