Day 272 · Sat, Jul 17, 2027 · Five editions

Sat, Jul 17, 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 198, Entry 26

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷198·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之上貞觀十九年(乙巳,公元六四五年) · Leadership · Cognition · Decision · Growth

丙辰,上聞太子奉迎將至,從飛騎三千人馳入臨渝關,道逢太子。上之發定州也,指所御褐袍謂太子曰:「俟見汝,乃易此袍耳。」在遼左,雖盛暑流汗,弗之易。及秋,穿敗,左右請易之,上曰:「軍士衣多弊,吾獨御新衣,可乎?」至是,太子進新衣,乃易之。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7198
卷198·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之上貞觀十九年(乙巳,公元六四五年)·第26则

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What does this passage say about how you work today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 277

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第277则 · Health · Decision · Cognition · Action

世人只緣認得我字太真。 故多種種嗜好、種種煩惱。 前人云:不復知有我、安知物為貴。 又云:知身不是我、煩惱更何侵。 真破的之言也。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%8F%9C%E6%A0%B9%E8%AD%9A
第277则

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 5, 孝養第二十五, Entry 1

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷5·孝養第二十五 · Investing · Character · Philosophy · Health

文學曰:「善養者不必芻豢也,善供服者不必錦繡也。以己之所有盡事其親,孝之至也。故匹夫勤勞,猶足以順禮,歠菽飲水,足以致其敬。孔子曰:『今之孝者,是為能養,不敬,何以別乎?』故上孝養誌,其次養色,其次養體。貴其禮,不貪其養,禮順心和,養雖不備,可也。易曰:『東鄰殺牛,不如西鄰之禴祭也。』故富貴而無禮,不如貧賤之孝悌。閨門之內盡孝焉,閨門之外盡悌焉,朋友之道盡信焉,三者,孝之至也。居家理者,非謂積財也,事親孝者,非謂鮮肴也,亦和顏色、承意盡禮義而已矣。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E9%90%B5%E8%AB%96/%E5%8D%B705
卷5·孝養第二十五·第1则

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17:00 Evening · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Benjamin Franklin:The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Excerpt 53

Benjamin Franklin《The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Leadership

It was in allusion to this fact that, when in our fire company we feared the success of our proposal in favour of the lottery, and I had said to my friend Mr. Syng, one of our members, "If we fail, let us move the purchase of a fire-engine with the money; the Quakers can have no objection to that; and then, if you nominate me and I you as a committee for that purpose, we will buy a great gun, which is certainly a fire-engine." "I see," says he, "you have improv'd by being so long in the Assembly; your equivocal project would be just a match for their wheat or other grain."

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148
Excerpt 53

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21:00 Figures · Investing · Modern investor letters

Warren Buffett:Berkshire 2013 Letter, Excerpt 3

Warren Buffett《Berkshire Hathaway 2013 Letter to Shareholders》· 2013 Chairman's Letter · Investing

Charlie Munger, Berkshire’s vice chairman and my partner, and I believe both Berkshire’s book value and intrinsic value will outperform the S&P in years when the market is down or moderately up. We expect to fall short, though, in years when the market is strong – as we did in 2013. We have underperformed in ten of our 49 years, with all but one of our shortfalls occurring when the S&P gain exceeded 15%.

Source: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2013ltr.pdf
2013 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 3

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