"People decide whether or not to be generous, they decide whether or not to take credit for things they didn’t do, whether or not to keep score in life, whether or not to be envious. And when you look at it, all of these types of qualities are achievable, and much more important than whether you know modern portfolio theory. In the end, the qualities you want from the person [whose company] you’re buying 10 percent of are the qualities you want to develop in yourself."

Michael D. Eisner, in Working Together: Why Great Partnerships Succeed, describing Warren Buffett’s investing philosophy.

The writing in this book was stilted in places, but overall I really enjoyed it. The lone genius is such a powerful narrative figure that we miss out on many stories of partners becoming more than the sum of their parts.

(via sleuth)

(Source: dianakimball)