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Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.

Charlie Munger

You’re not going to get very far in life based on what you already know. You’re going to advance in life by what you’re going to learn after you leave here.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Learning Leaving Life Yourself
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Attraction Nature Reward Rule Yourself
Step by step you get ahead, but rarely in fast spurts.
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Fast Rare Yourself
People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.
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Ability Capacity Carry Earth People
Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Intelligence Job Ourselves World
I try to get rid of people who always confidently answer questions about which they don’t have any real knowledge.
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Confidence Myself People Question Reality Try
It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy.
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Drive Greedy Jealous World
Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass.
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Company Greatness Investment Yourself
All I want to know is where I’m going to die, so I’ll never go there.
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Death Funny Myself Place
I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody’s that smart.
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Believe Best Master Myself People Smart
The average result has to be the average result. By definition, everybody can’t beat the market. As I always say, the iron rule of life is that only 20% of the people can be in the top fifth. That’s just the way it is.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Average Definition Life Marketing Myself People Result Rule
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid.
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People Past Stupidity Way
Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.
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Mindset Opportunity Preparation
To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
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Appearance Man Problem Yourself
A lot of our respected financial institutions are just casinos in drag.
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Financial Institution Money Respect
Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
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Cost Decision Intelligence Opportunity People

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