Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
CHARLIE MUNGERMost people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.
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There are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting. I remember when I wasn’t awash in cash — and I don’t want to go back.
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We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric.
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It takes character to sit there with all that cash and do nothing. I didn’t get to where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.
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If you don’t keep learning, other people will pass you by. Temperament alone won’t do it – you need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.
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If you don’t allow for self-serving bias in the conduct of others, you are, again, a fool.
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We don’t like trading agony for money
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Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.
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This is a good life lesson: getting the right people into your system is the most important thing you can do.
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Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it’s you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.
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To me, it’s obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It’s been obvious to me since very early in life. I don’t know why it’s not obvious to very many other people.
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Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.
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Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
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Common stock investors can make money by predicting the outcomes of practice evolution. You can’t derive this by fundamental analysis – you must think biologically.
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Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.
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