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Time of the Twins
- Dragonlance: Legends, Book 1
- De: Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
- Narrado por: Ax Norman
- Duración: 15 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,297
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 2,117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,125
Sequestered in the blackness of the dreaded Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas, surrounded by nameless creatures of evil, Raistlin Majere weaves a plan to conquer the darkness - to bring it under his control. Crysania, a beautiful and devoted cleric of Paladine, tries to use her faith to lead Raistlin from the darkness. She is blind to his shadowed designs, and he draws her slowly into his neatly woven trap. Made aware of Raistlin’s plan, a distraught Caramon travels back in time to the doomed city of Istar in the days before the Cataclysm.
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5 out of 5 stars
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TERRIBLE, Passionless, and Dry Narration
- De Matthew en 08-11-13
- Time of the Twins
- Dragonlance: Legends, Book 1
- De: Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
- Narrado por: Ax Norman
Favorite fantasy series- most hated narrator.
Revisado: 10-04-23
I feel like this is a crime against fucking literature. The series is some of the best written fantasy of all time and this idiot narrator makes it sound like drivel. I want to cry it’s so bad given how much I love the writing. Who tf approved this voice? He clearly does not give a shit
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$100M Offers
- How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No
- De: Alex Hormozi
- Narrado por: Alexander Hormozi
- Duración: 3 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 20,948
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 19,432
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 19,370
The methods contained within this book are so simple, so instantaneous, and so effective, it’s as if they work by magic. If you implement even one tactic in this book, you’ll see the change in your prospects' demeanor. And you’ll know the $100M Offers method worked when you start hearing, “What do I need to do to move forward?” before you even ask for the sale.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great content littered with filthy language
- De Amazon Customer en 09-29-21
- $100M Offers
- How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No
- De: Alex Hormozi
- Narrado por: Alexander Hormozi
Alex told me to write this
Revisado: 03-16-23
I finally listened after my fifth time reading the book. Much of my successs has come from blowing people out of the water with actual transformative solutions instead of pussyfooting around with what I thought I was worth. Hugely recommend, follow the steps.
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Pioneering Portfolio Management, Fully Revised and Updated
- An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment
- De: David F. Swensen
- Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak
- Duración: 17 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In the years since the now-classic Pioneering Portfolio Management was first published, the global investment landscape has changed dramatically—but the results of David Swensen's investment strategy for the Yale University endowment have remained as impressive as ever. In this fully revised and updated edition, Swensen, author of the best-selling personal finance guide Unconventional Success, describes the investment process that underpins Yale's endowment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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incredibly insightful
- De Sean Weissman en 02-11-20
- Pioneering Portfolio Management, Fully Revised and Updated
- An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment
- De: David F. Swensen
- Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak
YouTube is your best friend.
Revisado: 12-24-21
He uses big words seemingly just to flex his vocabulary, but it is exhaustive of terms and principles that are served well with a deep dive into youtube for extra, more simple explanation.
General summary -
Endowments look at immortality.
To do so, it must provide stable spending for the university, compensate for inflation, lower risk, and gain excess returns compared to market performance.
Lowering risk comes from diversity of asset classes and finding top 25%-10% managers to work in inefficient markets, like private equity. Different asset classes include commodities which hedge well against inflation, bonds, which provide stability in years when stocks are down, stocks which provide highest levels of long term returns, foreign currencies which also hedge to inflation. Another way to hedge risk is to purchase future locked in prices to balance against market fluctuation. Another memorable way to prevent risk is thru financial maneuvers like futures and shorts and options, which lock in a trade under a certain condition so you don’t lose excess money. A great way to provide steady returns is thru something yale pioneered called “absolute returns” which are independent of markets, like merger arbitrage. Importantly, policy based decisions and constant rebalancing lowers risk the most. A single bad decision can rank a firm and policy decisions prevent this from happening, while enabling compound interest to do its work.
While fundamental market forces will
Play out in the long run, short term trends may be damaging enough to end a firm, like GME, and it is important to not be over concentrated into a single security.
For management, consequently, this means that sometimes good performance is a result of the market and vice versa. If the manager is producing with sound investment principles, retain them. Otherwise, we see luck, as evidenced by investment charlatans decades and globes over.
Regarding management, anything below 50% in terms of performance on a bell graph with standard distribution, is likely to lose money. Indeed the top 25% make 3% above the market and the top 10% make 30% above the market on average. A good manager may face a bad market and vice versa, so it’s important to judge over a long period and not lake hasty decisions.
If you don’t have a good manager, passive investment is best.
And finally, in the appendix, corporate bonds and junk bonds and asset backed securities are horrid and do not belong in a portfolio. Low credibility and low diversity.
Bummer- this book doesn’t talk about crypto. Curious to see his thoughts on the subject
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Pioneering Portfolio Management
- An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated
- De: David F. Swensen
- Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak
- Duración: 17 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
An indispensable road map for creating a successful investment program from Yale’s chief investment officer, David F. Swensen. The original Pioneering Portfolio Management outlined a common-sense template for structuring a well-diversified equity-oriented portfolio. This new edition provides fund managers and students of the market an up-to-date guide for actively managed investment portfolios.
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5 out of 5 stars
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incredibly insightful
- De Sean Weissman en 02-11-20
- Pioneering Portfolio Management
- An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated
- De: David F. Swensen
- Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak
YouTube is your best friend.
Revisado: 12-24-21
He uses big words seemingly just to flex his vocabulary, but it is exhaustive of terms and principles that are served well with a deep dive into youtube for extra, more simple explanation.
General summary -
Endowments look at immortality.
To do so, it must provide stable spending for the university, compensate for inflation, lower risk, and gain excess returns compared to market performance.
Lowering risk comes from diversity of asset classes and finding top 25%-10% managers to work in inefficient markets, like private equity. Different asset classes include commodities which hedge well against inflation, bonds, which provide stability in years when stocks are down, stocks which provide highest levels of long term returns, foreign currencies which also hedge to inflation. Another way to hedge risk is to purchase future locked in prices to balance against market fluctuation. Another memorable way to prevent risk is thru financial maneuvers like futures and shorts and options, which lock in a trade under a certain condition so you don’t lose excess money. A great way to provide steady returns is thru something yale pioneered called “absolute returns” which are independent of markets, like merger arbitrage. Importantly, policy based decisions and constant rebalancing lowers risk the most. A single bad decision can rank a firm and policy decisions prevent this from happening, while enabling compound interest to do its work.
While fundamental market forces will
Play out in the long run, short term trends may be damaging enough to end a firm, like GME, and it is important to not be over concentrated into a single security.
For management, consequently, this means that sometimes good performance is a result of the market and vice versa. If the manager is producing with sound investment principles, retain them. Otherwise, we see luck, as evidenced by investment charlatans decades and globes over.
Regarding management, anything below 50% in terms of performance on a bell graph with standard distribution, is likely to lose money. Indeed the top 25% make 3% above the market and the top 10% make 30% above the market on average. A good manager may face a bad market and vice versa, so it’s important to judge over a long period and not lake hasty decisions.
If you don’t have a good manager, passive investment is best.
And finally, in the appendix, corporate bonds and junk bonds and asset backed securities are horrid and do not belong in a portfolio. Low credibility and low diversity.
Bummer- this book doesn’t talk about crypto. Curious to see his thoughts on the subject
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The Art of Learning
- An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
- De: Josh Waitzkin
- Narrado por: Josh Waitzkin
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,799
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,861
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,853
The Art of Learning takes listeners through Waitzkin's unique journey to excellence. He explains in clear detail how a well-thought-out, principled approach to learning is what separates success from failure. Waitzkin believes that achievement, even at the championship level, is a function of a lifestyle that fuels a creative, resilient growth process.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good overview with interesting backdrop
- De James en 06-15-14
- The Art of Learning
- An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
- De: Josh Waitzkin
- Narrado por: Josh Waitzkin
Great climax
Revisado: 10-31-19
A book I must read again. Josh paints all his lessons very well thru the course of his life and then really well brought together by the climax of his life(thus far)
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The Art of Asking
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
- De: Amanda Palmer, Brené Brown - foreword, Jamy Ian Swiss
- Narrado por: Amanda Palmer, Ellen Archer, Jamy Ian Swiss
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,749
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,412
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,396
In The Art of Asking, Palmer expands upon her popular TED talk to reveal how ordinary people, those of us without thousands of Twitter followers and adoring fans, can use her principles in our own lives to "let people help".
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2 out of 5 stars
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The title is a misnomer
- De Meenakshi Dogra en 01-10-18
- The Art of Asking
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
- De: Amanda Palmer, Brené Brown - foreword, Jamy Ian Swiss
- Narrado por: Amanda Palmer, Ellen Archer, Jamy Ian Swiss
1st book I read at normal speed
Revisado: 09-15-19
I’m not the biggest fan of Amanda’s music, but this book made me cry a LOT. Mostly happy tears. I usually listen to books at hella speed, but not only was this book innovative in having actual songs, Amanda’s perforamnce is the best of any audio book I’ve found and I wanted to savor every syllable. Also, I don’t feel guilty for being an artist anymore. Fuck you dad
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