If you're 50 and you have 8 friends the odds at least one of your friends will die in the next ten years is 45% (m) or 35(f) blended 38 percent. Savor the moments, it goes by fast.
They called Caleb Williams a ‘diva’ pre-draft.
As a #1 pick and generational talent, he could’ve kept in his own lane.
But instead he embraced Chicago players. He showed support to PCA (pre MVP), Matas, Bedard, now Caleb Wilson.
Opposite of a diva. He unified Chicago sports.
Highly recommend Die With Zero. It's about what money is actually for. Saving matters but so does using it while you still have the time, health and people to enjoy it with. Don't wait for someday, it's not guaranteed.
You didn't waste time. You lived life. Too many people beat themselves up over missteps that were actually lessons. If you're reading this now, you can adjust. Give yourself some grace… you're human, and everyone has shortcomings!!
Warren Buffett turned 96 years old yesterday.
Here is his estimated net worth at EVERY age since he was 14:
Age 14: ~$5K
Age 15: ~$6K
Age 16: ~$7K
Age 17: ~$9K
Age 18: ~$11K
Age 19: ~$13K
Age 20: ~$16K
Age 21: ~$20K
Age 22: ~$30K
Age 23: ~$44K
Age 24: ~$64K
Age 25: ~$95K
Age 26: ~$140K
Age 27: ~$229K
Age 28: ~$374K
Age 29: ~$612K
Age 30: ~$1M
Age 31: ~$1.3M
Age 32: ~$1.8M
Age 33: ~$2.4M
Age 34: ~$4.1M
Age 35: ~$7M
Age 36: ~$8.4M
Age 37: ~$10M
Age 38: ~$16M
Age 39: ~$25M
Age 40: ~$27M
Age 41: ~$29M
Age 42: ~$31M
Age 43: ~$34M
Age 44: ~$19M
Age 45: ~$29M
Age 46: ~$44M
Age 47: ~$67M
Age 48: ~$77M
Age 49: ~$88M
Age 50: ~$100M
Age 51: ~$158M
Age 52: ~$250M
Age 53: ~$620M
Age 54: ~$813M
Age 55: ~$1.1B
Age 56: ~$1.4B
Age 57: ~$1.9B
Age 58: ~$2.6B
Age 59: ~$3.6B
Age 60: ~$3.3B
Age 61: ~$4.2B
Age 62: ~$5.3B
Age 63: ~$6.7B
Age 64: ~$8.5B
Age 65: ~$10.7B
Age 66: ~$16.5B
Age 67: ~$21.4B
Age 68: ~$27.8B
Age 69: ~$36B
Age 70: ~$30B
Age 71: ~$32.3B
Age 72: ~$35.7B
Age 73: ~$42.9B
Age 74: ~$42.9B
Age 75: ~$44B
Age 76: ~$42B
Age 77: ~$52B
Age 78: ~$62B
Age 79: ~$37B
Age 80: ~$47B
Age 81: ~$50B
Age 82: ~$44B
Age 83: ~$53.5B
Age 84: ~$58.2B
Age 85: ~$72.7B
Age 86: ~$60.8B
Age 87: ~$75.6B
Age 88: ~$84B
Age 89: ~$82.5B
Age 90: ~$67.5B
Age 91: ~$96B
Age 92: ~$118B
Age 93: ~$106B
Age 94: ~$133B
Age 95: ~$150B
Age 96: ~$143B
Buffett was already an extraordinary investor at 30, yet he had accumulated less than 0.001% of his current fortune.
At 50, he was worth approximately $100 million, meaning more than 99.9% of his present wealth came after his 50th birthday.
That's the power of compounding.
But take note of the declines as well.
His estimated wealth fell from $34 million to $19 million in his 40s, from $62 billion to $37 billion during the financial crisis, and by tens of billions during several later market declines.
Compounding does not move in a straight line.
Buffett’s fortune is even more remarkable when you consider that he has already donated more than $68 billion.
Time is not merely part of the investing process.
Given a sufficient rate of return, time eventually becomes the most powerful force in the entire equation.
Jimothy is a raccoon from Ballard.
He went viral this summer for being unusually short and round, with a walk that made him look like he was built slightly wrong. Seattle adopted him immediately.
Then the Mariners adopted him officially.
They made him an unofficial mascot. Put him in scoreboard graphics. Entered him in the in-game salmon race, which he won. Players started wearing Jimothy shirts during batting practice.
On August 5th, the Mariners went all the way and gave out 20,000 Jimothy rookie cards to fans entering T-Mobile Park.
They didn't just print 20,000 identical cards either. They built it like a real product. Base cards for most people. A parallel version numbered to 2,000. A shiny blue one out of 500. A silver one out of 100.
And exactly one gold card. A 1 of 1.
A 13 year old named Abby got it.
She listed it on eBay. Bidding opened, then kept climbing. $5,400. $8,100. $12,000. $17,000.
It closed at $20,100.
Twenty thousand dollars for a free piece of cardboard with a raccoon on it, handed out at the gate to anybody who showed up early enough.
The back of the card is committed to the bit too. Under his player bio, it notes that he throws on all fours. Under whether he bats, it simply says "No, it's a raccoon."
Even the base cards, the ones 18,000 people got for free that night, are still reselling for around $50 apiece. Some of the rarer parallels have gone for $300.
The Mariners beat Detroit 4-2 that night, in front of 40,743 fans, and $2 from every ticket sold went to the Ballard Food Bank. Jimothy's neighborhood.
A raccoon from Ballard now has a rookie card worth more than most actual major leaguers.
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The 1/1 Jimothy Card from the Mariner's Aug. 5 game sold for $20,100 tonight on @eBay!
Cards were given out to the first 20,000 fans in attendance, with parallels going all the way to the gold-lined 1/1.
13-year-old Abby was the lucky fan to get the 1/1 🦝