David Senra: belief

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…$500 billion. Whatever it is. The reason that popped in my mind when I was asking him these questions—let me actually get the exact note because I don't want to mess up the way he said it, because his lines were just excellent. He surprised us by how successful he and Warren turned out, but how could you not be surprised? Then he said something that was fascinating. He goes, I think we get too much credit. I was like, that's interesting. Why do you think that, Charlie? He goes, I find it odd to be so wealthy and loved. These are not exact words. These are my interpretations of his words, so let me just be clear here. I find it so odd to be wealthy and loved. That's not a usual human reaction. My note is tied to why I think the Berkshire letters are the greatest content marketing of all time. I wonder if this is because they spent so much time teaching others. When you say Acquired, you guys are teaching. Berkshire, I'm going to go with Paul Graham too. You could just not read a book, just read Berkshire's letters, and you're going to get a fantastic education. In there, it's like, oh, by the way, we'd like to be the buyers of choice. If you happen to know of this business that you want to get your hands on, you care about, and does his excellent product differentiation, call me. How much money do they make off of that? I don't even know if it's on the list of things that they care about, but it's also marketing for their businesses like, I have GEICO car insurance because it's a Berkshire Hathaway company.…

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