That's how I learned to read, and I've collected them very, very avidly since I was about 12 years old.

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That side of my brain had begun to develop in high school, largely because I was a competitive runner who read books on training and learned to coach myself.

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My knowledge of macroeconomics is limited to what I learned during Econ 101 at NYU and the lessons that were covered in the material I was required to read in order to complete the demanding CFA program.

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So that's what I made my name over to be, and it was fine until my classmates learned to read and swear.

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So when KISS was being formed I read everything about the music business because at the same time I was learned how to play chords and play songs and play bass in a band, I was also learning the business, the structure, how it works and how things get done.

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In addition to formal education, I read dozens of books, attended multiple industry conferences, and learned computer programming so I could improve my investment analysis.

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