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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (2446)	3/20/2000 5:47:00 PM
From: Apollo	Respond to of 6516

OT - Millionaire's Mind Seriously, it would have been good for Stanley to address the issue in the way you did. Instead, it's my thinking that he chose to leave the probability of a cause-and-effect relationship in the reader's mind. Doing that makes it even more disturbing now that I understand the reasons those relationships could not have been reasonably established in the first place. Yep. Agreed. Also agree with UnQ that this publication was done to cash in on popular appeal of "The Millionaire Next Door". Not taking the more rigorous route of conducting the Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial is an example of the difference between 'soft science' vs. 'hard science' that another esteemed contributor referred to some months ago on another thread. While I wouldn't submit the 'soft science' label as a sweeping generalization, it applies here in the case of "The Millionaire's Mind". Apollo

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (2446)	3/21/2000 9:51:00 PM
From: surpow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

Mike: A little frustrated with how I have gotten caught up lately in a buy and sell rather then buy and hold strategy, I began my much needed second reading of the Gorilla Game. One thing that hit home was that timing is really not as important as identifying key moments in a company's history and making investment decisions based on those moments. I immediately remembered the post that you made on the Gorilla thread following the Erickson capitulation; How that was a key moment leading you to invest the following day in QCOM. I was wondering if you would share your view on the purposed TVGIA merger? Do you consider it a key moment? Also, are you watching any other scenarios that once played out would be considered key moments in this company? If so what are they? Thanks for sharing your insight :-) Noah