Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation. Just …

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Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation. Just ask them what they have—or don’t have—in their portfolio. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, p.389, Random House
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Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation. Just ask them what they have—or don’t have—in their portfolio. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, p.389, Random House

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