Posted on Wed, 11 Feb, 2009 by themessthatensues
“The chains of habit are too light to be felt until their too heavy to be broken”
I saw a hugely interesting video clip of Warren Buffett today. He’s certainly somebody I admire without knowing too much about him, but to see him, hear him, and watch his mannerisms in person, I can really appreciate just [...]
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Posted on Wed, 9 Apr, 2008 by themessthatensues
My poker game has been taking a battering in the last week. I started along the same lines as the last two months, doing particularly well. And then about 5-7 days ago, I seriously hit a brick wall, climbed under it and jumped off the cliff it was protecting me from, falling onto some sharp [...]
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Posted on Wed, 19 Mar, 2008 by themessthatensues
It’s probably so obvious but i’m going to say it anyway. I run my own database on value finding in Horse racing. Up until now I was focusing on how profitable each section of the data analysis was. DOH! That is the wrong thing to do, and it’s taken me a shocking 3 months to [...]
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