Day 132 · Sat, Feb 27, 2027 · Five editions

Sat, Feb 27, 2027

Five emails a day: 00:00 Night / 07:00 Morning / 12:00 Noon / 17:00 Evening / 21:00 Figures

00:00 Night · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 200, Entry 11

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷200·高宗天皇大聖大弘孝皇帝上之下顯慶元年(丙辰,公元六五六年) · Leadership · Cognition · Health · Action

辛丑,蔥山道行軍總管程知節擊西突厥,與歌邏、處月二部戰於榆慕谷,大破之,斬首千餘級。副總管周智度攻突騎施、處木昆等部於咽城,拔之,斬首三萬級。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7200
卷200·高宗天皇大聖大弘孝皇帝上之下顯慶元年(丙辰,公元六五六年)·第11则

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What does this passage say about how you work today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

孟子:Mencius, 離婁下 30

孟子《孟子》· 離婁下·30 · Health · Wealth · Investing · Decision

公都子曰:「匡章,通國皆稱不孝焉。夫子與之游,又從而禮貌之,敢問何也?」 孟子曰:「世俗所謂不孝者五:惰其四支,不顧父母之養,一不孝也;博弈、好飲酒,不顧父母之養,二不孝也;好貨財、私妻子,不顧父母之養,三不孝也;從耳目之欲,以為父母戮,四不孝也;好勇鬭狠,以危父母,五不孝也。章子有一於是乎?夫章子,子父責善而不相遇也。責善,朋友之道也。父子責善,賊恩之大者。夫章子豈不欲有夫妻子母之屬哉?為得罪於父,不得近;出妻屏子,終身不養焉。其設心以為不若是,是則罪之大者。是則章子已矣。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%AD%9F%E5%AD%90/%E9%9B%A2%E5%A9%81%E4%B8%8B
離婁下·30

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What does this passage say about your body or mood today?

12:00 Noon · Investing · Modern investor letters

Warren Buffett:Berkshire 2014 Letter, Excerpt 4

Warren Buffett《Berkshire Hathaway 2014 Letter to Shareholders》· 2014 Chairman's Letter · Investing

It was a good year for Berkshire on all major fronts, except one. Here are the important developments: ‹ Our “Powerhouse Five” – a collection of Berkshire’s largest non-insurance businesses – had a record $12.4 billion of pre-tax earnings in 2014, up $1.6 billion from 2013.* The companies in this sainted group are Berkshire Hathaway Energy (formerly MidAmerican Energy), BNSF, IMC (I’ve called it Iscar in the past), Lubrizol and Marmon.

Source: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2014ltr.pdf
2014 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 4

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 194, Entry 5

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀九年(乙未,公元六三五年) · Leadership · Health · Action · Philosophy

上謂魏徵曰:「齊後主、周天元皆重斂百姓,厚自奉養,力竭而亡。譬如饞人自□敢其肉,肉盡而斃,何其愚也!然二主孰為優劣?」對曰:「齊後主懦弱,政出多門;周天元驕暴,威福在己;雖同為亡國,齊主尤劣也。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7194
卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀九年(乙未,公元六三五年)·第5则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

John D. Rockefeller:Random Reminiscences of Men and Events, Excerpt 24

John D. Rockefeller《Random Reminiscences of Men and Events》· Chapter I · Leadership

"Look it all over," I said, "and decide which plan is best." It was a proud moment when this real authority accepted my suggestions as bringing out the most favoured spots for views and agreed upon the site of the house. How many miles of roads I have laid out in my time, I can hardly compute, but I have often kept at it until I was exhausted. While surveying roads, I have run the lines until darkness made it impossible to see the little stakes and flags. It is all very vain of me to tell of these landscape enterprises, but perhaps they will offset the business talks which occupy so much of my story.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17090
Chapter I, excerpt 24

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What does this passage say about how you work today?