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Jason Perz's avatar

Love this. Being hard headed and having unstoppable confidence seems to be part of the personality type.

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Bill James's avatar

Really interesting, George. A strange path to greatness. Simons seems to be an iconclast, as defined by this article I read recently you may find of interest: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adamshuaib_what-behavioural-qualities-define-exceptional-activity-7188115237177360386-vPa5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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Lewis's avatar

You are my first go to guide when it comes to reading financial markets articles... I always learn a lot from your write-ups... Thanks Soo much coz I learn Soo much conventional wisdom from them

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Pr Ga's avatar

Good one.

"At this point he decided to largely shift his focus from seeking investors to finding ways to keep up the big returns."

In essence, he decided to just become the best trader he could become. Failing/not doing well at selling helped.

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