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Ayer: Meaningful personal growth requires mentors who both encourage and challenge
“If you really want to grow as a person, find someone in your life who, when you're down, will pick you up. And when you're up, we'll push you, often beyond your comfort zone. I think there's a lot of people out there who'll do one or the other. Exceptionally f…”
Ayer: Finding an authentic personal voice transforms communication and client meetings
“I think you can borrow ideas, but once you develop your own voice on the topic and lean into your journey around it changes everything. Your disposition changes, your body language becomes much more engaging, meetings transform from a test or a conversation, a…”
Ayer ran a spelling arbitrage strategy on early eBay ticket listings
“I remember when eBay first came out, I had like a spelling arbitrage model going where I'd buy misspelled tickets and resell them with the proper spelling.”
Ayer: Investing acts as a mirror for personal insecurities and temperament
“What I've learned to love about investing, Ted, is I view it to be a platform for self-discovery. It's effectively a mirror. It can reveal your policies, your insecurities, your temperament, what type of teammate you are, what type of communicator you are, jus…”