Bill Bors

Former First Boston , Credit Suisse , Barclays .. currently on Garden leave ..Washington College( MD) grad . Bergen County NJ resident.

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

.. good read.. There's a lot of noise making it harder for investors to read the market https://t.co/KLH2EAWR5w

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

WARNING: Longer post (but worth reading or bookmarking for later).

Your life has seasons.

Each one is unique. Characterized by its own distinct desires, struggles, opportunities, and identity.

But one reflection I've had recently is just how easy it is to completely disassociate with the present season.

To give all your time and energy toward a longing for some nostalgic memory of a prior season or an anticipation for some beautiful state of a future season.

You look back at the past and all you see is sunshine. Because it all worked out. You forget (or glaze over) the struggle you endured. You're here today. You made it. You're alive. You're doing fine.

You look forward at the future and dream on what could be. You'll have so much more. More freedom. More purpose. More health. More deep connection. More everything.

The past is beautiful and the future feels limitless. So, logically, you slowly start to treat everything about the present as the bridge. A dash connecting your past and your future. A gap to be crossed as quickly as possible.

Everything you do today is in anticipation of some eventual end state.

I'm doing this now, so that I can have that later.

Unfortunately, the danger of that dissociation with the present is significant. You may spend your entire life living for a future that has a decidedly mirage-like property. You inch closer, but when it's right in front of you, it disappears and reappears on the horizon.

You may spend your entire life skipping through the present, deferring your presence, your joy, and your very humanity to a future that never comes.

In a classic French fable, a young boy is gifted with a magic ball of golden thread. He's told that if he simply pulls on the thread, time will leap forward. The catch, of course, is that once it's pulled, it can never be put back.

The young boy takes advantage of the newfound powers. Each time he's faced with a boring day at school, a frustrating set of chores, or a scolding from his parents, he pulls the thread, skipping through to the good parts.

As an adult, he continues, leaping through mundane struggles in his marriage, the friction of having a newborn, and the boredom at work. He finds himself pulling on the thread more and more, avoiding even the most minor inconveniences of his life.

But when he wakes up one day and sees an old man looking back at him in the mirror, he's filled with regret. He realizes in that moment that as he chose to skip through the boredom, struggles, and friction, so too did he miss the real texture of being alive.

How often do we all do the same? How easily do we default into this disassociation? Disconnecting from the present in anticipation of some future.

A mentor recently asked me this:

"Where are you going and why are you in such a rush?"

It hit me hard.

And to be honest, I haven't stopped replaying those words since he said them.

Why are you in such a rush?

The world wants you to rush into everything. Rushed decisions. Rushed conversations. Rushed relationships. Rushed timelines.

In doing so, you slowly relinquish your agency. You give up your claim on your own life. Surrender authorship to a pen that was never even yours.

In a world that wants you to rush, the ultimate act of rebellion is presence.

Be in the season you're in. Don't romanticize the past, don't fantasize the future. Be here. Be now. Be in this. All of its texture, depth, and struggle. All of its joy, tension, and pain. Sit with the uncertainty. Become friends with it. Fall in love with it.

Because every single thing you do today is something your younger self dreamed of and something your older self will wish they could go back and do.

The good old days are happening, right now.

And the next time you find yourself skipping through the present, remember these words:

Where are you going and why are you in such a rush?

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

Awesome!

[Mike Vaccaro @MikeVacc]

This might honestly be my favorite post of all time kin this site.

[Mike Vaccaro @MikeVacc]

This might honestly be my favorite post of all time kin this site.

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

https://t.co/BJcPYRioPo

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

Let’s gooo!

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN NBA PLAYOFF HISTORY.

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

A PARENT’S JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS:

Age 5: “He’s got a cannon.”
Age 6: “He’s the fastest kid out there. Coach said so.”
Age 7: “Rec ball isn’t challenging him anymore.”
Age 8: “We tried out for select. Obviously made it.”
Age 9: “$2,800 for the season. Plus uniforms. Plus tournaments. Plus hotels.”
Age 10: “Cooperstown is basically a family vacation, right?”
Age 11: “He needs a hitting guy. And a pitching guy. And probably a mental performance coach.”
Age 12: “I’m not a crazy sports parent. The OTHER parents are crazy.”
Age 13: “We changed schools. For academics. (And also baseball.)”
Age 14: “Showcases are a requirement at this age.”
Age 15: “Ya his ranking just ticked up. We’re cooking.”
Age 16: “He just needs to get seen by the right school.”
Age 17: “The D1 schools want him to walk on. He’ll earn a spot by sophomore year.”
Age 18: “Okay, D2 is actually really competitive.”
Age 19: “He’s redshirting. Strategic.”
Age 20: “He’s focusing on school now.”
Age 21: “You know what? He’s so much happier.”

Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.

About 1.5% of those get drafted.

Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.

The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between “struck by lightning” and “find a $100 in old shorts.”

I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. ✌️

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

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[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Words Tim Wakefield wrote in his phone before he passed away a few years ago.

Posted shortly by his wife. Powerful words we should all live by.

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

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[True market Leader @TmarketL]

This passage from Paul Tudor Jones is too good

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

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[Beardo @BeardoTrader]

$SPX has risen so much in the past five years that even a repeat of the 1929 crash (the worst in history) wouldn’t take it below the COVID lows.

[Jeff Jasper @jasperpascack]

Truth

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

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[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

🤦‍♂️Hope this time different.

[Michael Batnick @michaelbatnick]

Wild market. We haven't seen anything like this since the dotcom bubble burst.

Over the last 8 sessions, 115 stocks in the S&P 500 have decline 7% or more in a single day.

The average drawdown when that happens is 34%. Right now we're 1.5% below the all-time high.

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

Smh

[modest proposal @modestproposal1]

March 12, 2020 was the trading day after Tom Hanks said he had covid and the NBA shut down, Expedia fell 15.2% and BKNG fell 11.2%.

February 3, 2026 which was the day Claude Code legal connector was announced, Expedia fell 15.3% and BKNG fell 9.4%.

[Stevenson University Mustangs @GoMustangSports]

Men’s Basketball Pulls Away in Second Half for 88–72 MAC Commonwealth Win Over Alvernia.

#StangNation #D3hoops #MAChoops #BringYourBest

https://t.co/TEkrwYhZb8

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

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[Stevenson University Mustangs @GoMustangSports]

Listen in to what Head Coach Jack Bors and Jelani Lee said following the Mustangs' confident 88-72 victory over the Alvernia Golden Wolves during their Colon Cancer Awareness game.

#StangNation #MAChoops #d3hoops #BringYourBest

https://t.co/T0UsBvxOmo

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

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[Varsity Aces @VarsityAces]

One high school game, two medical crises and trainer who didn't flinch: https://t.co/IiskVpB7V7

[Bill Bors @BillbWrb23]

Teaneck Player Loses Pulse At NHRHS Game, Opposing Team's Trainer, Doctor Parents Save Him https://t.co/eSGYFPmGtL