Entity Dossier
Person
Aristotle
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Signature MoveCrisis as Finest Hour OpportunitySignature MoveNever Surrender AbsolutismOperating PrincipleMany Ideas Generate Few Good OnesCornerstone MoveWords as Weapons Before BulletsDecision FrameworkIntense Simplicities From ComplexitySignature MoveSelf-Deprecating Humor as DisarmamentIdentity & CultureDemocracy Despite Its FlawsRisk DoctrineFighting Nations Rise AgainCornerstone MoveSimplify Self Into SymbolSignature MoveMemorized Speech as Spontaneous PerformanceStrategic PatternShort Words Over Long OnesOperating PrincipleAccountability Over Advisory LayersOperating PrincipleTime Value of Invested Cash ObsessionSignature MoveOwner Mindset Over Employee ThinkingCapital StrategyCash Parking During Opportunity DroughtSignature MoveGlobal Ground-Truth InvestigationCornerstone MoveArbitrage and Workout SituationsSignature MoveContrarian Loneliness as EdgeRisk DoctrineMargin of Safety as Liquidation FloorSignature MoveBalance Sheet Forensics Over EarningsSignature MoveDouble-and-Sell-Half DisciplineCornerstone MoveNet-Net Working Capital AcquisitionStrategic PatternTroubled Economies as Value Hunting GroundsDecision FrameworkBusiness Understanding Before InvestmentRisk DoctrineConcentration Over Diversification LogicDecision FrameworkDiscounted Cash Flow SkepticismStrategic PatternQuantitative Screening Before QualitativeCornerstone MoveOutsider-to-Kingpin Control LoopsStrategic PatternWinning Through Distressed TakeoversRelationship LeverageCourt of Brokers and Right HandsCornerstone MoveAsset Cycling to Capture VolatilitySignature MoveNo-Sentiment Steel DisposalStrategic PatternOption-Loaded Contract StructuresRisk DoctrineTax Residency as Strategic MoatSignature MoveMicro-Managed Outsourced OperationsDecision FrameworkBuy Control, Outsource OperationsCompetitive AdvantageInformation Edge from Broker WebOperating PrincipleNo Sentiment for Old SteelSignature MoveShareholder Cash-Flow RelentlessnessOperating PrincipleDeal-First, Fix-Later MentalityCornerstone MoveDeal With Myself for Maximum LeverageRisk DoctrineFlags and Structures as ShieldsSignature MoveRisk Appetite As Primary WeaponCornerstone MoveSlip In While Giants FightCompetitive AdvantageBoom-Sensing Before the CrowdSignature MoveRelated-Party Deals as Control RatchetDecision FrameworkUnsentimental Exit DisciplineSignature MoveHire the Best Then Stay Out of the WayCapital StrategyCorporate Structure as WeaponSignature MovePrivate Until Capital Forces PublicSignature MoveArt Buying While Empires BurnStrategic PatternCrash as Shopping SpreeIdentity & CultureLoyalty Through Generosity Not HierarchyCornerstone 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