A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
Adastra is the result of passion for investing, a great desire to share it with others and a bit of luck.
Passion for investing started early, we found books, great investors and above all, a life philosophy: the one of continuous learning. It was love at first sight.
The desire to share our passion for investing came with time, when we realized that there are many myths about the subject, and that with the right focus financial freedom is at reach. Internet has removed communication barriers and has created a fascinating channel for the generation and exchange of ideas. We would love Adastra to become a channel where we could share investing and wealth creation ideas with people with a similar mindset.
In Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap and others don’t, Jim Collins highlights that one of the pillars of a great company is having people to work with before having the what to work on. Here, the responsible thing is to recognize the impact of luck: finding friendships is hard, but one that ramifies into a great partner is even harder. It is a pleasure sitting down to work (even though it does not feel like work) sharing ideals, values and ways to understand the world. A fundamental part of this is that we enjoy and have fun with what we do.
As a summary, at Adastra we enjoy learning about the world and sharing it. The idea of the blog is share what we are thinking and analyzing to record it and use the internet as a sounding board, with the goal of going to bed a bit wiser and smarter than when we woke up, as Munger mentions:
“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.”
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