Obama Looks to Lincoln | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com

Obama Looks to Lincoln | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com: "The most important quality may be humility, which both Obama and Lincoln repeatedly refer to as an essential virtue. Humility in this case is not to be confused with meekness or passivity. Rather, it comes from confidence. A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble—to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of one's own judgment and self-worth to really listen and not be threatened by contrary advice. Lincoln showed this rare quality before he was sworn into office in March 1861. 'Lincoln wrote a really bellicose Inaugural [Address] at home,' says Harold Holzer, author of 'Lincoln President-Elect.' 'It ended with looking at the South and saying, 'Shall it be peace or sword?' He showed the draft to people, and they all urged him to tone it down and make it more conciliatory.' And so he did. It turns out that the lines quoted by Obama in Grant Park ('We are not enemies, but friends …') were not written by Lincoln, but by Seward."

Bill Clinton to Name Donors as Part of Obama Deal - NYTimes.com

Bill Clinton to Name Donors as Part of Obama Deal - NYTimes.com: "In the eight years since he left the White House, Mr. Clinton has built a new life as a businessman and international philanthropist, which has made him rich while he helped fight AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and other maladies around the world"

Singapore Money Mind: Power of compounding

Singapore Money Mind: Power of compounding: "Power of compounding
Understanding both the power of compounding and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things.

- Charlie Munger"

Singapore Money Mind: How to time the buy

Singapore Money Mind: How to time the buy: "How to time the buy
Stock market timing cannot be done, with general success, unless the time to buy is related to an attractive price level, as measured by analytical standards.

- Benjamin Graham"

Singapore Money Mind: Trust your stocks as long as the fundamental story hasn't changed

Singapore Money Mind: Trust your stocks as long as the fundamental story hasn't changed: "Trust your stocks as long as the fundamental story hasn't changed
When it comes to predicting the market, the important skill here is not listening, it’s snoring. The trick is not to learn to trust your gut feelings, but rather to discipline yourself to ignore them. Stand by your stocks as long as the fundamental story of the company hasn’t changed.

- Peter Lynch"

Singapore Money Mind: 15 minutes a year for ....

Singapore Money Mind: 15 minutes a year for ....: "15 minutes a year for ....
I spend about 15 minutes a year on economic analysis. The way you lose money in the stock market is to start off with an economic picture. I also spend 15 minutes a year on where the stock market is going.

- Peter Lynch"

Singapore Money Mind: Buffett on terrorism

Singapore Money Mind: Buffett on terrorism: "Buffett on terrorism
The probabilities are increasing, in an irregular and immeasurable manner, as knowledge and materials become available to those who wish us ill. Fear may recede with time, but the danger won't -- the war against terrorism can never be won. The best the nation can achieve is a long succession of stalemates. There can be no checkmate against hydra-headed foes.

- Warren Buffett"

Buffett Saw Terror Threat - Forbes.com

Buffett Saw Terror Threat - Forbes.com: "'I violated the Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does."

Derek Bok - Wikiquote

Derek Bok - Wikiquote: "* 'If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.'"

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor (J-B Warren Bennis Series)

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor (J-B Warren Bennis Series): "Dante reserved the last and worst ring in hell for those who, in a moral crisis, preserved their neutrality"

Albert Einstein Quotes - The Quotations Page

Albert Einstein Quotes - The Quotations Page: "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form.
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Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 19, 1940
- More quotations on: [Intelligence]"

Albert Einstein Quotes - The Quotations Page

Albert Einstein Quotes - The Quotations Page: "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)"

Breaking News

Breaking News: "Wiping out a bad habit
By Kimberly Spykerman
THEY are a common sight in crowded hawker centres: a pack of tissues plunked down at an empty spot which practically screams 'Find another seat!'

But a group of undergraduates is on the warpath to wipe out this informal reservation system.

On Saturday, seven students doled out 1,000 packets of tissue paper in the Chinatown Complex food centre. They were scrawled with the words: 'This seat is not taken, It's yours!'

Read Kimberly Spykerman's full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times."

Gmail - US$ 28 trillion gone. More to go. - shekharkashyap@gmail.com

Gmail - US$ 28 trillion gone. More to go. - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'Whenever I read about some company undertaking a cost-cutting program, I know it's not a company that really knows what costs are about. The really good manager does not wake up in the morning and say 'This is the day I'm going to cut costs,' any more than he wakes up and decides to practice breathing.' - Warren Buffett"

Unhappy America | The Economist

Unhappy America | The Economist: "Everybody goes through bad times. Some learn from the problems they have caused themselves, and come back stronger. Some blame others, lash out and damage themselves further. America has had the wisdom to take the first course many times before. Let’s hope it does so again."

Unhappy America | The Economist

Unhappy America | The Economist: "Everybody goes through bad times. Some learn from the problems they have caused themselves, and come back stronger. Some blame others, lash out and damage themselves further. America has had the wisdom to take the first course many times before. Let’s hope it does so again."

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Scholarships.com - Study Smart: How to Prepare for a College Exam

Scholarships.com - Study Smart: How to Prepare for a College Exam

Gmail - Weekend Edition - Oh-ctober Oh-eight - shekharkashyap@gmail.com

Gmail - Weekend Edition - Oh-ctober Oh-eight - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "The list of qualities (an investor ought to have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic.' - Peter Lynch"