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Received many feedback online and offline as well. Amazed to see, how most replies concentrate in physical exercises, constant effort, deliberate practice and learning. Offline feedbacks - Meditation and Yoga. ( very irregular in Meditation and Yoga need to make it everyday thing) - Learning and unlearning - Introspection - Spending time with high achievers ( meeting over coffee and talk over phone calls) Online feedbacks - PSAT for middle high school kids by thepupil - LC - suggested “Constant effort” ( constant effort over long term can be amazing , read post by Nick Maggiulli https://ofdollarsanddata.com/great-things-take-time/) - Jurgis recommended book “peak : Secrets from the New Science of Expertise” ( I put it in 2020 reading list) - Vinod1 suggested concept of “Deliberate practice” in investing and teaching to children from baseball to math. (Joshua Foer in book Moonwalking with Einstein also mentions about Deliberate practice to get over the plateau zone) - Gregmal suggested “Regular reading and physical activity - Cherzeca “learning how not to sweat the small stuff - Boiler maker 75 – do not eat sugar. brain functions better with no sugar and likely avoid type 2 /type 3 diabetes and Alzheimer’s ( I follow this – no sugar in coffee or tea but occasionally eat dessert, will work on avoiding desserts) - BG2008 – intermittent fasting with cutting sugar and carbs ( I also do the intermittent fasting, however need to work on doing regularly) - Spekulatius- exercises from YT for lower back pain and Push-ups. - Rod – Understanding probability and application in daily life, compound interest, understanding sources of bias and misjudgment (reading Influence by Cialdini currently), Doing what you enjoy … (agree on all, great ones) Thank you all sharing good ideas. please keep sharing if you find more. Thank you Jurgis for the book “peak”recommendation. Thank you Spekulatius for posting YT link for lower back pain. :)

So, Have you guys found out things that makes huge impact over long term with minimum input. Here input can be anything like time, money, energy, a study , or brain power etc one such thing is a good book, What other things are there which may lead to luge impact over long term like 20-30 years. Thanks :)

I use theoldreader.com, it has search feature, which is missing in feedly.

http://www.valuewalk.com/2018/02/charlie-munger-djco-notes/

Thank you all for inputs and suggestions :)

Hi all; Question to the investors here. Many of you might have done similar thing and faced the below question. :) One of my friend invented a toy for kids 8-12 years age group. He made a prototype and showed us friends and family. The initial idea and presentation looks good. I think it has a market and will sell in market. He is seeking external capital from friends and family for producing this toy on larger scale. Also work with him as an adviser or help in marketing and getting in touch with the "speciatlity store" group for placement of this product in the store. This is something, we are doing first time. I tried to find more information by searching on google about how to structure the "partnership" or investor/inventor deal(100% of the work done of inventor only so far). However i couldn't find much information on this kind of structure. Can you guys please direct me to any website for this topic. if you have any thoughts, inputs and suggestion, please share. Thank you :) .

I think, one will enjoy reading the entire talk. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28494399/Blog%20Links/Google%20Talk-%20The%20Prejudices%20of%20Mr.%20Market.pdf thank you

http://heilbrunncenter.org/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/file/Graham%20%26%20Doddsville_Issue%2025.pdf

http://bitsbusiness.com/investing-2/dhandho-and-pabrai-funds-annual-meeting-2015/ Cheers :)

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Yes, really superb talk.Highly recommend other to listen. Thanks for posting it. :)

Whenever I am purchasing something, I always go to AMZN to check if it is there (usually is) and at what price. Is AMZN selling cars yet? LOL ditto here, always check price using Amazon App, if price is less, i add 3 -4 more items to bundle for shipping discount. Also, always buys kids toys birthday present on Amazon, much cheaper.

Well, just finished reading this book. It is not related to investing but it is must read for all. As aging is something we will all have to go. This books a good perspective and may be what we should be prepared for future. Cheers

Value walk posted a bit more of the 2014 letter. 1) http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/02/allan-mecham-2014-letter/ 2) http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/02/allan-mecham-investments/ Thanks

Does anyone from this forum attended the event? Can you please post your notes? Thank you

In related topic of Habit, how is this book "The Power of Habit." Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Habit-What-Business/dp/081298160X looks good review on amazon.

Thank you for posting.

ha ha ha , few years back I compared GEICO with others and found, in reality they are kinda on higher side compare to others. Thanks SmallCap, noted name and number and will check with him. Here are 2 article i found online which may help other in some saving. http://www.iii.org/article/how-can-i-save-money-auto-insurance http://legacyoneinsurance.com/files/2014/10/Special_Report_Auto_Insurance.pdf Thanks

this article in seeking alpha also review the book and covers the investing related topic well. http://seekingalpha.com/article/1939691-book-review-distant-force-a-memoir-of-the-teledyne-corporation-and-the-man-who-created-it

Thanks Kraven. One thing i value is service.Good to know about USAA and the quick service they provide. I will definitely check with them. I currently have insurance with AAA. So far I am good with their service, but I never had to file any claim.

Thanks Nate and Ross for your input. Previously I took quote with $500 deductible and $1000 deductible, i found the difference is worth thinking about high deductible and thats why i currently have high deductible on Toyota Prius. But sorry I don't remember the difference now. But when i took insurance last time, 6 months back , it was $825/6 months for both vehicle.

Sorry folks to ask this question on the investing board, But I thought it will be great if I can learn some money saving tips from the Value minded people on the board who be saving money on auto insurance. So here is my particular situation. I am located in Michigan and have 2001 Honda Accord which I have Basic Insurance and 2012 Toyota Prius V which I have full coverage. Its approaching the end of 6month period of current insurance and I am in the market for next 6 month auto insurance policy. Some things I currently do to maximize saving. 1) Combined insurance with Home insurance. 2) High deductible on Toyota Prius. 3) No comprehensive or Collision coverage on Honda Accord. Please let me know if you have any more tips to add saving on auto insurance. Thank you plusAlpha

Check these you may like. This one recently posted by Prasad. http://fivegoodquestions.co/ I like the podcast by Preston and Stig. http://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/ Thanks

Thats really great Vinod, Thank you for sharing.

I could find the "Being Mortal" in local Library in Audio, just placed hold. I have read previously "The Checklist Manifesto" and "Better". Both books are highly recommended.