This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with:

Always be on your toes when it comes to investing.

I tell the Yahoo Finance team that every day is full of surprises. And I assure you, long-struggling Beyond Meat (BYND) taking aim at energy drink players Celsius and Red Bull with a new protein-packed sparkling beverage wasn’t on my bingo card on Monday morning.

Here are a few comments from my daily live show, Opening Bid, and podcast Opening Bid Unfiltered that left an impression on — or surprised — me this week.

Feel free to think on them to generate new investing ideas, reassess your current holdings, or even become a better leader. And, of…