Think as Owner, Never as Employee

"‘Because you think as an owner, you don’t think as an employee,’ he commented later. ‘So you don’t say, I want to stay in a good hotel, or how could I improve my bonus? There is no bloody bonus.’"

"‘I don’t want a fixed package, and you can fire me on 24 hours’ notice,’ Bekker told Vosloo. But he added: ‘I want 3 per cent of the long-term value created above inflation.’11"

"‘From a personal point of view, the risk is high,’ he said in 2015. ‘Unless you’ve made some money early in life that can tide you over if things go wrong, you can actually land up in financial difficulties.’"

"•Think about stocks as part ownership of a business. When we buy stocks for our unit-holders, we have a mindset similar to that if we were buying into a private business."

"in order really to succeed in any business one needed to develop the instincts of an owner rather than just an employee."