Links - 09/05/2023

“In discussing qualifications for business managers, [Warren] Buffett grinned and recommended a one-line employment form: ‘Are you a fanatic?’ A manager must care intensely about running a first-class operation; if his golf game is what he thinks about while shaving, the business will show it.” —John Train (“The Money Masters”)

“People who are successful are often—but not always—pretty fanatical about the thing they’re planning to do.” —Bill Gates

“I think the world’s best companies are built by fanatics. [That means that you] work day and night. Sort of don’t worry about the possibility of failure. Every setback is just something to work a little bit harder at doing. And you really know what you’re trying to achieve.... And you’re going to change your strategy until you can get that to happen.” —Bill Gates

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Warren Buffett’s Green Cash Washes Over Coal Country (LINK)

The Rise and Fall of ESPN’s Leverage - by Ben Thompson (LINK)

Flyover Stock: Howdens Joinery - by Todd Wenning (LINK)