ELEVATOR 11.25.2025 | 50 Years of Berkshire Hathaway Letters

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5 Lessons I Learned After Reading 50 Years of Berkshire Hathaway Letters

If someone volunteers to do your homework for you, let them. Especially when the assignment is “read half a century of Warren Buffett’s writing.” This piece distills it all so you don’t have to squint at 1970s PDFs. How nice.

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A Simple Guide to Ordering Wine at Restaurants

The most useful advice we’ve ever received about ordering wine? Know your budget. It’s not awkward. It’s a compass. Give the staff a number and they’ll guide you to the right bottle nine times out of ten. It solves most of your wine-ordering problems. Most. But not all.

Of Good Company and Better Solitude

The bigger the crowd, the smaller the talk. Weather. Work. The “What do you do?”s. The family updates on loop. All perfectly fine. But real solitude, the kind that resets you, belongs to robes, quiet rooms, and thoughts that take their sweet, sweet time arriving. Reserve some energy for the company of yourself.

**Men Who Have Their Sh*T Together Do These 10 Things**

Number one: they read good newsletters. Check. Beyond that, it’s a mix of small, unglamorous habits. Showing up on time, finishing things you start, remembering to buy olive oil before the current one runs out. Nothing dramatic, nothing Herculean. Just the kind of consistency that quietly moves life forward. Get your sh*t together.

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