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If the value of a company doesn’t just scream out at you, it’s too close.

Charlie Munger

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
There is bound to be a regression toward the mean.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Bound Method Regression
Why should it be easy to do something that, if done well, two or three times, will make your family rich for life?
CHARLIE MUNGER

Easy Family Life Rich Time Yourself
A foreign correspondent, after talking to me for a while, once said: “You don’t seem smart enough to be so good at what you’re doing. Do you have an explanation?”
CHARLIE MUNGER

Enough Explanation Goodness Smart Talk Yourself
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.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Alone Curiosity Learning Need Pass People Time
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
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Advantage Consistent Intelligence People Remark Stupidity Try
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
The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Game Last Learning Life Win Yourself
People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Ability Capacity Carry Earth People
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
Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Acknowledgement Beginning Wisdom Yourself
Step by step you get ahead, but rarely in fast spurts.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Fast Rare Yourself
If the value of a company doesn’t just scream out at you, it’s too close.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Company Scream Value Yourself
This is a good life lesson: getting the right people into your system is the most important thing you can do.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Goodness Important Lesson Life People Right System Yourself
Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Investment Myself Result Yourself

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