Guy Spier Quotes
We think we control our environment, but in fact, it's our environment that controls us. We can't change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.
Topics
Change
Mental Health
Adaptation
Personal Growth
Self-Awareness
Change The World
Better Understanding
In Fact
The Only Thing
Cognitive Flexibility
Environmental Impact
Environmental Influence
External Control
External Influence
Human Limitations
Internal Change
Internal Control
Psychological Insight
Self-Reflection
personal change
Self-Improvement
Citations
Spier, Guy. The Education of a Value Investor. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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Guy Spier is a Zurich-based investor and author of a best-selling book on investing titled The Education of a Value Investor. He is well known for bidding US$650,100 with Mohnish Pabrai for a charity lunch with Warren Buffett on June 25, 2008. In 2009, he was featured in "the Checklist Manifesto", by Atul Gawande regarding his use of checklists as part of his investment process.
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