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University of Berkshire Hathaway is a remarkable retelling of the lessons, wisdom, and investment strategies handed down personally from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to shareholders during 30 years of their closed-door annual meetings. From this front row seat, you'll see one of the greatest wealth-building records in history unfold, year by year. If you're looking for dusty old investment theory, there are hundreds of other books waiting to cure you of insomnia. However, if you're looking for an investing book that's as personal as it is revelatory, look no further.

Stuck in a corporate job rut and faced with an unraveling marriage at the age of thirty-six, Roz Savage sat down one night and wrote two versions of her own obituary - the one that she wanted and the one she was heading for. They were very different. She realized that if she carried on as she was, she wasn't going to end up with the life she wanted. So she turned her back on an eleven-year career as a management consultant to reinvent herself as a woman of adventure.

In this memoir, one of the most successful investment bankers on Bay Street shares the lessons he learned about business and life in a long and successful career as president of Burns Fry and then as vice-chairman of BMO Nesbitt Burns.

Explore the crossroads where myth meets modernity. Schizo Studios - Lessons Learned is a podcast that journeys through astrology, mythology, psychology, and the hidden wisdom woven into everyday life. Each episode unpacks timeless stories, archetypes, and celestial insights—revealing how ancient symbols and cosmic cycles shape our modern experiences. Whether you’re an astrology enthusiast, a seeker of esoteric knowledge, or simply curious about the mysteries of existence, this show invites you to question, reflect, and rediscover the lessons etched in the stars.

Short interviews exploring a lesson that stuck with our guests and the story behind it.

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The instant New York Times bestseller Supermodel and philanthropist Gisele Bündchen shares personal stories, insights, and photos to explore lessons that have helped shape her life. Gisele Bündchen's journey began in southern Brazil, growing up with five sisters, playing volleyball, and...

In this long-awaited audiobook, Davina McCall shares the tips and wisdoms learned on her 'work-in-progress' journey through life. Warm, engaging, honest and generous, this audiobook will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. Lessons I've Learned is the closest thing to a Davina hug and we all need one of those....

Jon Landau, the Academy Award–winning film producer behind Titanic, Avatar, Alita: Battle Angel, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and Dick Tracy, knew two things well: how to tell an unforgettable story, and how to find solutions. So, when he found himself confronting his fate, a diagnosis of improbable odds, he began to problem solve, ensuring that everything he learned behind the camera would live on after he was gone.

Navy SEAL sniper instructor Eric Davis applies his discipline techniques to raising his son in this incredible audiobook, Raising Men: Lessons Navy SEALs Learned from Their Training and Taught to Their Sons. After Eric Davis spent over sixteen years in the military, including a decade in the...

At the age of 15, Jennifer Rothschild confronted two unshakable realities: Blindness is inevitable...and God is enough. Now this popular author, speaker, and recording artist offers poignant lessons that illuminate a path to freedom and fulfillment. With warmth, humor, and insight, Jennifer shares the guiding principles she walks by - and shows you how to walk forward by faith into God's marvelous light.

A GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER As a child, Murray Howe wanted to be like his father. He was an adult before he realized that didn't necessarily mean playing hockey. Gordie Howe may have been the greatest player in the history of hockey, but greatness was never defined by goals or assists in the...

The NFL champion whose life inspired the hit movie The Blind Side is back with an inspiring and motivating book on overcoming any obstacle, no matter how tough the odds Millions of people became part of Michael Oher’s story when they watched a version of him on the big screen; read his memoir...

Robert Iger assumiu o comando da Disney em 2005, um tempo em que a competição estava mais acirrada do que nunca e a tecnologia se transformava com uma velocidade impressionante. Na época, Iger restringiu sua visão a três ideias claras: comprometer-se com a qualidade, aceitar a tecnologia em vez de enfrentá-la e pensar em escala global, de modo a tornar a Disney uma marca mais forte nos mercados internacionais.

Each episode I talk with a guest to discuss lessons they’ve learned throughout their life and what they take with them from that experience.===WATCH the podcast - https://link.matthewherdman.com/PodcastingChannel

Monday mornings for most folks involve meetings and paperwork, but for Sarah Jones it involved the worst day of someone else's life. From stillborn babies to one-hundred-year-old grandmas, a peaceful passing to a horrific homicide and a lot in between. Tune in with the author of Living Life with Death: Lessons Learned from the Death Industry, as she reads excepts from her book, answers questions, and offers a provocative glimpse into the world of those who work with death. No need to read the book before you listen but if you want to, you can pick up your copy at Amazon.com or Barnes and ...

With rich detail, compelling honesty, and a storyteller’s gift, RFK Jr. describes growing up Kennedy in a tumultuous time in history that eerily echoes the issues of nuclear confrontation, religion, race, and inequality that we confront today. This powerful book combines the best aspects of...

We each have a different life path that leads to our success, but success looks different for everyone. In the I Should Have Learned This Sooner self-improvement podcast, host Tim Winfred dives into conversations with guests to discuss the life lessons we wish had learned sooner: From financial education, money and debt, mental health, entrepreneurship, career, starting a business, personal relationships, and more. Each episode is loaded with personal development and self-improvement tips, and probably a few bad jokes (that only the Millennial generation will get, most likely). Let’s dive ...

When Lieutenant Commander Heidi Kraft's twin son and daughter were fifteen months old, she was deployed to Iraq. A clinical psychologist in the US Navy, Kraft's job was to uncover the wounds of war that a surgeon would never see. She put away thoughts of her children back home, acclimated to the...

Minutes before Brian Walsh, then just a teenager, heard his beeper go off, calling him to help put out another fire, he was on top of the world. An hour later, after a freak flashover and confusion that sent the junior firefighter into the inferno against regulations, Brian had suffered such profound burns to his face that he was unidentifiable to his fellow firefighters. Nearly everyone expected him to die that night. He did not. In this stirring autobiography, he tells his incredible story, sharing the lessons that only tragedy could teach.