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CHARLIE MUNGERJust avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
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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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Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.
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I don’t spend much time regretting the past, once I’ve taken my lesson from it. I don’t dwell on it.
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A lot of our respected financial institutions are just casinos in drag.
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You’re looking for a mispriced gamble. That’s what investing is. And you have to know enough to know whether the gamble is mispriced. That’s value investing.
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Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
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In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time – none … ZERO.
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If the value of a company doesn’t just scream out at you, it’s too close.
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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.
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Bull markets go to people’s heads. If you’re a duck on a pond, and it’s rising due to a downpour, you start going up in the world. But you think it’s you, not the pond.
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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.
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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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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.
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The investment game always involves considering both quality and price, and the trick is to get more quality than you pay for in price. It’s just that simple.
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