Time & hindsight

What became visible only after your working life slowed down or ended?

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Stan Hinden Financial journalist; author of How to Retire Happy
I retired sort of willy-nilly and only after I started writing the column did I suddenly discover there were all these things out there that I hadn't learned about. And so my mission became to try to educate future retirees about what they were going to face and what they needed to know.
Recorded Michel Martin, Tell Me More, NPR, 13 March 2013 source ↗
Mike Stone Retired chemical engineer and manufacturing executive
But it happened and it was only after I retired tired and looked back on my career that I realized the strong connection between what I did and my success. And I know that I would not be in as good a place as I am today had I not done that.
Recorded Angelique Adams, MEL podcast transcript, Angelique Adams Media Solutions, 1 January 2024 source ↗
Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
I go in every day to the office. I don't accomplish hardly anything. I mean, in terms of – it just takes me way longer to do things. And Greg is so good. It was kind of embarrassing how good he is, because he has covered – you know, we've got about 200 businesses within Berkshire, you know, that came about, and I can't name the manager's names or their wives names, or – and I haven't seen them, you know, in a long time.
Recorded Becky Quick, CNBC Squawk Box, 1774915200 source ↗

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