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The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.

Charlie Munger

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.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Money Myself Situation Worst
I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses’ asses. I know I’ll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Learning Mistake People Stupidity Trick Wonderful
Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Brilliant Unknown Wisdom Yourself
The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Best Compassionate Empathy Help Human Kindness Learning
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.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Accountability Information Life Master Planning Reality
All I want to know is where I’m going to die, so I’ll never go there.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Death Funny Myself Place
Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Focus Life Object Yourself
I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Attention Intelligence Life Myself Success Time
It’s a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Failure Goodness Habit Quiet Success Yourself
Three rules for a career: 1) Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself; 2) Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire; and 3) Work only with people you enjoy.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Admire Business Career Enjoyment People Respect Rule Work Yourself
We don’t like trading agony for money
CHARLIE MUNGER

Agony Money Trade
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
If you don’t allow for self-serving bias in the conduct of others, you are, again, a fool.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Conduct Fools Service Yourself
Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Power Thinking Yourself
It’s waiting that helps you as an investor, and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you didn’t get the deferred-gratification gene, you’ve got to work very hard to overcome that.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Hard Work Investment People Wait Yourself
Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Bed Knowledge Learning Smart Wake Up Yourself

The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.

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The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.

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