The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.
CHARLIE MUNGERWhy should it be easy to do something that, if done well, two or three times, will make your family rich for life?
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.
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The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.
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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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Any year that you don’t destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year.
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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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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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Move only when you have an advantage. It’s very basic. You have to understand the odds and have the discipline to bet only when the odds are in your favor.
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If you get into the mental habit of relating what you’re reading to the basic structure of the underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom.
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There has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a life of its own and doesn’t cover new reality. We want people taking into account new information.
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A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.
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I think that, every time you saw the word EBITDA, you should substitute the word “bullshit” earnings.
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Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
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I’m right, and you’re smart, and sooner or later you’ll see I’m right.
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We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric.
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The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the rest of the time, they don’t. It’s just that simple.
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