52 things I learned in 2025: This year I stopped being a consultant, started a tiny company, sold hundreds of little modular synths… https://medium.com/@tomwhitwell/52-things-i-learned-in-2025-edeca7e3fdd8 See also 52 things I learned in 2025 The news (to me) this year. https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/52-things-i-learned-in-2025 But see also 52 Things I Learned in 2025 Here are some of the most interesting things I learned this year. https://probablyinteresting.substack.com/p/52-things-i-learned-in-2025 Really? OK 52 things I learned in 2025 presented under the comment that ‘no explanation or context of what it is about the article I learned, just a title and link of something important to me personally or professionally in [year]’. https://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/52-things-i-learned-in-2025/ Last Damned One 52 Good Things from 2025 The 19th year of my annual gratitude practice, now spanning 990 good things. https://medium.com/the-coach-life/52-good-things-from-2025-9e71083e87b5
Warren Buffett: A Question of Character: Warren Buffett, who will retire this week at age 95, has compiled perhaps the most astounding investment and management record in financial history. Anyone who invested $10,000 when he started out in 1956 and remained in the fund — c0nverted in in 1969 to Berkshire Hathaway — today would have an investment worth $2.9 billion. No misprint. https://rogerlowenstein.substack.com/p/warren-buffett-a-question-of-character
All That Cheap Chinese Stuff Is Now Europe’s Problem: Trump’s tariffs have redirected the flow of low-value packages away from the U.S. into backyard warehouses on the Continent; the ‘new Silk Road’ (Wall Street Journal)
The Vanity Fair photographer who disrupted Trumpworld’s polished image: Every line, spot, blemish and blood vessel was captured by Christopher Anderson’s lens. What was he thinking? https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2025/12/17/vanity-fair-susie-wiles-photos/
The year Trump broke the federal government: How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-federal-government-workers-doge/
The 50-Year Republican Plan for Total Victory: aaaa https://brucebartlett.substack.com/p/the-50-year-republican-plan-for-total
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ChatGPT is overrated. Here’s what to use instead. (Washington Post)
America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker: Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of fossil-fuel production there. (Wall Street Journal)
Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview this weekend with Stephanie Drescher, Apollo’s Chief Client and Product Development Officer. She oversees everything from the global wealth business to portfolio management, product development, and client marketing. She is a member of the firm’s leadership team. Since 2020, Barron’s has named her annually to its list of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance.
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