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Aristotle
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Signature MoveCrisis as Finest Hour Opportunity
Signature MoveNever Surrender Absolutism
Operating PrincipleMany Ideas Generate Few Good Ones
Cornerstone MoveWords as Weapons Before Bullets
Decision FrameworkIntense Simplicities From Complexity
Signature MoveSelf-Deprecating Humor as Disarmament
Identity & CultureDemocracy Despite Its Flaws
Risk DoctrineFighting Nations Rise Again
Cornerstone MoveSimplify Self Into Symbol
Signature MoveMemorized Speech as Spontaneous Performance
Strategic PatternShort Words Over Long Ones
Operating PrincipleAccountability Over Advisory Layers
Operating PrincipleTime Value of Invested Cash Obsession
Signature MoveOwner Mindset Over Employee Thinking
Capital StrategyCash Parking During Opportunity Drought
Signature MoveGlobal Ground-Truth Investigation
Cornerstone MoveArbitrage and Workout Situations
Signature MoveContrarian Loneliness as Edge
Risk DoctrineMargin of Safety as Liquidation Floor
Signature MoveBalance Sheet Forensics Over Earnings
Signature MoveDouble-and-Sell-Half Discipline
Cornerstone MoveNet-Net Working Capital Acquisition
Strategic PatternTroubled Economies as Value Hunting Grounds
Decision FrameworkBusiness Understanding Before Investment
Risk DoctrineConcentration Over Diversification Logic
Decision FrameworkDiscounted Cash Flow Skepticism
Strategic PatternQuantitative Screening Before Qualitative
Cornerstone MoveOutsider-to-Kingpin Control Loops
Strategic PatternWinning Through Distressed Takeovers
Relationship LeverageCourt of Brokers and Right Hands
Cornerstone MoveAsset Cycling to Capture Volatility
Signature MoveNo-Sentiment Steel Disposal
Strategic PatternOption-Loaded Contract Structures
Risk DoctrineTax Residency as Strategic Moat
Signature MoveMicro-Managed Outsourced Operations
Decision FrameworkBuy Control, Outsource Operations
Competitive AdvantageInformation Edge from Broker Web
Operating PrincipleNo Sentiment for Old Steel
Signature MoveShareholder Cash-Flow Relentlessness
Operating PrincipleDeal-First, Fix-Later Mentality
Cornerstone MoveDeal With Myself for Maximum Leverage
Risk DoctrineFlags and Structures as Shields
Signature MoveRisk Appetite As Primary Weapon
Cornerstone MoveSlip In While Giants Fight
Competitive AdvantageBoom-Sensing Before the Crowd
Signature MoveRelated-Party Deals as Control Ratchet
Decision FrameworkUnsentimental Exit Discipline
Signature MoveHire the Best Then Stay Out of the Way
Capital StrategyCorporate Structure as Weapon
Signature MovePrivate Until Capital Forces Public
Signature MoveArt Buying While Empires Burn
Strategic PatternCrash as Shopping Spree
Identity & CultureLoyalty Through Generosity Not Hierarchy
Cornerstone MoveDebt Down, Equity Up, Control Tighter
Primary Evidence
"Macaulay, Gibbon, Darwin, Plato, and Aristotle,"
Source:Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill
"“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” (Aristotle)"
Source:Routines and Orgies - The Life of Peter Cundill, Financial Genius, Philosopher, and Philanthropist
"Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. Aristotle"
Source:Storeulv (translated)
"We are what we repeatedly do. Aristotle"
Source:Storeulv (translated)
"The gods too, are fond of a joke. Aristotle"
Source:Storeulv (translated)
"Aristotle says the only true measure of a man is his actions."
Source:Kerry Stokes