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The Intelligent Investor

by Benjamin Graham

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Aug 18, 2015 10:07AM

“While I was unaware of it at the time, my real compensation for that job wasn’t monetary. It was learning about and getting comfortable with rejection. And as I would later realize, indifference to rejection is a fundamental part of being an entrepreneur.”
― Sam Zell, Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel

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“There’s a line from an old movie, Wheeler Dealers: “You don’t go wheeling and dealing for the money, you do it for fun. Money’s just a way of keeping score.” And that’s how I see it. I’ve always been much more drawn to the experience.”
― Sam Zell, Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel

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“The philosophy is that you push the power of decision making out to the periphery and away from the center. You give people the room to adapt, based on their experience and expertise. All you ask is that they talk to one another and take responsibility. That is what works. The”
― Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

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“This has always been a fatal flaw in U.S. real estate: the volume of development has been related to the availability of funds, not to demand.”
― Sam Zell, Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel

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“I was targeting good real estate assets overburdened by excessive debt. Well, I began seeing similar scenarios unfold in the corporate world and realized I could provide equity to those companies for a stake at a discounted price, and that would help them position themselves for when the market recovered.”
― Sam Zell, Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel

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