I gave him a Wall Street Journal and told him to read the front page every day. He glanced at it and said, “I have no idea what they’re talking about. I don’t understand the fundamentals.” Just jump in, I said: “The only thing holding you back is overcoming the jock stereotype and sounding as savvy as I know you are.” I bought him subscriptions to the Journal, Forbes , and Fortune, and quizzed him weekly,
