Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
Over at a financial forum... In regards to our rejoinder to a zealot of credentials (his condition) who wanted to see our credentials (my condition) evidenced in Are You Credentialed?...
To this day, we maintain a disdain for "conventional" wisdom, a rejection of the "received" narrative, and a grounding humility about the efficacy of econometric forecasting methods. Judas Priest dude just click here.
In the real world we have learned, there are no experts, credentials are worth the paper and ink expended to print them, and seat time pales to where the rubber meets the road. Good judgment is the product of experience. Experience is most often gained through bad judgments.
We live by this quote, oft attributed to Coach Wooden and Dale Carnegie, yet fact checking or considering the source, I cannot find a CITED attribution for either:
At the end of the day, as for the condition of my condition or anyone's credentials in general, when one is fortunate enough to find a competent person of honest character, be it lawyer, doctor, mechanic, tradesman, etc., they should cherish and value that rarest of commodities, while keeping them very close. Get in the car and Out.
Scottmi - Naybob – love it. old co-worker of mine used to say it took him 2 years to get his MBA and ten years to get over it.
StJL - Hubris is the explanation I think Naybob!The credentialed one responded to our rejoinder as follows...
GH - "Thanks for the response and advice. As a professor of finance and someone who ran the CFA program for 15 years for the Chicago Analysts society I may be too traditional for your style of analysis. One thing I learned as an undergraduate is to consider the source and if I don't know who you are or what qualifies you to be an expert then I can't place much weight on your opinion."Our rejoinder was... Your welcome. As an undergraduate I too learned "consider the source". The best teachers were the ones who forced one to learn how to think, and think for oneself. More often than not they might provide a sprinkle or dash from both sides of the fence, stir the pot, then stand back and watch what ensued.
To this day, we maintain a disdain for "conventional" wisdom, a rejection of the "received" narrative, and a grounding humility about the efficacy of econometric forecasting methods. Judas Priest dude just click here.
In the real world we have learned, there are no experts, credentials are worth the paper and ink expended to print them, and seat time pales to where the rubber meets the road. Good judgment is the product of experience. Experience is most often gained through bad judgments.
We live by this quote, oft attributed to Coach Wooden and Dale Carnegie, yet fact checking or considering the source, I cannot find a CITED attribution for either:
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."All the rest is smoke and mirrors, hyperbole and BS. Caveat Emptor, trust no one, the truth is out there. That's why I never have thought much about what others think of me, which probably accounts for the condition of my condition, while those so concerned remain prisoners of their own trappings.
At the end of the day, as for the condition of my condition or anyone's credentials in general, when one is fortunate enough to find a competent person of honest character, be it lawyer, doctor, mechanic, tradesman, etc., they should cherish and value that rarest of commodities, while keeping them very close. Get in the car and Out.
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