My first day of orientation at Goldman Sachs, this…
My first day of orientation at Goldman Sachs, this guy, I think he was one of the partners, came up on the stage and told us to be "long-term greedy."
— from Leadership & Business (Leadership/Business) · Holy Grail of Investing: The World's Greatest Investors Reveal Their Ultimate Strategies f
In the book
Luck, he says, is what happens when preparation meets opportunity — you have to have chips on the table to win, and you must never, ever cross the line on ethics. On his first day at Goldman Sachs, a young recruit was told by a partner to be “long-term greedy” — a phrase worth a whole career. Carry an abundance mindset while you're at it: if one deal doesn't work out, another will, which frees you to walk away from a losing situation and simply ask, what can I learn here? — Leadership & Business (Leadership/Business)
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