Warren Buffett

The Essays of Warren Buffett: A book review by Bob Morris

August 15, 2021

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Fifth Edition) Warren Buffett Selected, Arranged, and Introduced by Lawrence A. Cunningham Carolina Academic Press (2019) “It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair…

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The Power of Trust: A book review by Bob Morris

July 21, 2021

  The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta PublicAffairs (July 2021) A major challenge for all organizations: Build and then retain the trust of stakeholders Note: Although Sandra J.…

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Charlie Munger on the power of consistently not being stupid

May 21, 2021

Charlie Munger remains a stranger to most people and that’s a shame because he has much of great value to share, especially when explaining the “secrets” to his success in the business world but, of even greater interest, his success…

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Richer, Wiser, Happier: A book review by Bob Morris

May 3, 2021

Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World’s Greatest Investors Win in Markets and in Life William Green Scribner (April 2021) How to find “countless ways to optimize the odds of success” As William Green explains, he wrote this book in order…

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Invent & Wander: A book review by Bob Morris

November 28, 2020

Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos Harvard Business Review Press (November 2020) For this CEO, it will always be “Day 1” What we have in this volume is a collection of Jeff Bezos’ writings: shareholder…

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Lead. Care. Win.: A book review by Bob Morris

October 10, 2020

Lead Care Win: How to Become a Leader Who Matters Dan Pontefract Figure 1 Publishing (September 2020) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers) I have read and reviewed each of Dan Pontefract’s three previously…

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Leading in the Digital World: A book review by Bob Morris

August 25, 2020

Leading in the Digital World: How to Foster Creativity, Collaboration, and Inclusivity Amit S. Mukherjee The MIT Press (March 2020) How to become a leader in a workplace culture driven by digital technologies For centuries, human beings have tended to…

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What most people don’t understand about goals and deadlines

August 12, 2020

  According to Anthony Robbins, “People tend to overestimate what they can achieve in a year, but underestimate what they can achieve in a decade.” I agree. Some goals take much longer to achieve than do others. Warren Buffett observes:…

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How to Build Healthy Habits

February 29, 2020

Warren Buffett once described bad habits as being “too light to notice until they are too heavy to break.” Here is an excerpt from one of the latest articles in a series that has become one of the most popular…

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Getting Work Done (20 Minute Manager): A book review by Bob Morris

November 1, 2019

Need a briefing on the basics of getting the right work done effectively? Look no further. Getting Work DoneĀ  is one of the volumes in the 20 Minute Manager series created by the editors at Harvard Business Review Press. About…

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