Being goal-less

By Mitch Custenborder | November 14, 2022

I remember plenty of high school and college courses that emphasized goal setting. This was usually accompanied with the SMART acronym.  Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Timely Goals needed to have these attributes. This sort of talk…

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The Long Game Newsletter

By Mitch Custenborder | November 11, 2022

Mixed media forms based in the four virtues of courage, moderation, wisdom, and service. Why? Click here. Courage:  Steve Jobs: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward, only looking backwards….  you must trust the dots will…

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The Long Game Newsletter

By Mitch Custenborder | November 7, 2022

Mixed media forms based in the four virtues of courage, moderation, wisdom, and service. Why? Click here. Courage: Living beyond the spreadsheet isn’t easy.  We like for our life to square up in Excel cells.  Striving…

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Spreadsheet Leadership

By Mitch Custenborder | November 3, 2022

below is from David Perrell’s ‘Monday Musings’… Harry Snyder opened the first In-N-Out Burger joint across the street from his home. He could see the drive-thru line from his living room window. At night, when the…

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The Long Game Newsletter

By Mitch Custenborder | November 2, 2022

Mixed media forms based in the four virtues of courage, moderation, wisdom, and service. Why? Click here. Courage: This video always inspires me – add to it, we now know he passed away 1 month later,…

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Soft Investing Skills

By Mitch Custenborder | October 27, 2022

Underrated and less talked about skills for investors: Courage Patience Compassion Diligence Courage allows us to trust what doesn’t make sense. Patience gives us the wherewithal to let things unfold.  “This too shall pass.” Compassion keeps…

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The Serpent and the Dove

By Mitch Custenborder | August 10, 2022

There’s an ancient idea that we need to live in balance with both awareness and innocence. A life of awareness can be credited to the serpent: experienced, in touch with all its surroundings, sensitive, and on…

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Necessary Evils

By Mitch Custenborder | May 20, 2022

We all know intellectually that things can’t be good forever. “All good things come to an end.” I think there’s a step beyond just tolerating this truth.  There’s also a perfection to necessary evil. Bear markets,…

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Anchoring

By Mitch Custenborder | March 9, 2022

I like to watch people anchor their boat.  It’s a calculated process: this spot would be perfect now, but things are going to change.  The tide is going to shift.  We’ll be on top of that…

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The Investor’s Leap Of Faith

By Mitch Custenborder | January 21, 2022

Sometimes I hear investors, experienced and novice both, refer to stock market investing as ‘adult gambling’. While a bit strange and redundant considering you must be an adult to legally gamble, I understand the sentiment.  The…

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