Tag archives for Tina Seelig

  1. Another riddle: How do you turn $5 into $500 in two hours?

    Here’s a hint: Don’t use the $5. This is essentially the first idea Tina Seelig discusses in her book What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20.  I highly recommend this book because it talks about a lot of ideas that you don’t learn in school (like the above riddle). Getting back to the…

  2. A Slot Machine Riddle

    Here is a riddle I came across while reading a speech by the wise Charlie Munger (transcribed by Whitney Tilson): “You own a small casino in Las Vegas. It has fifty standard slot machines. Identical in appearance, they’re identical in the function. They have exactly the same payout ratios. The things that cause the payouts…

  3. What I Wish I Knew Now

    Looking back there’s always something that I wish I knew when I was younger.  Something that would’ve saved me from the headaches, sleepless nights and failures that are inevitable in life.  But by looking forward there’s another equally interesting thought to ponder: what I wish I knew now. It’s a hard question to answer since…