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You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.

Charlie Munger

We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Ego Profit Remember Try
Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin to amount to something. This is such a no-brainer.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Beginning Save Time Yourself
To me, it’s obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It’s been obvious to me since very early in life. I don’t know why it’s not obvious to very many other people.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Early Investment Life Myself People Win
To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Appearance Man Problem Yourself
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.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Big heavy Offering Oneself Opportunity Simplicity Time Wisdom World
How do you compete against a true fanatic? You can only try to build the best possible moat and continuously attempt to widen it.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Best Build Possible Rival True Yourself
I try to get rid of people who always confidently answer questions about which they don’t have any real knowledge.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Confidence Myself People Question Reality Try
If you want to understand science, you have to understand math. In business, if you’re enumerate, you’re going to be a klutz. The good thing about business is that you don’t have to know any higher math.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Business Goodness Mathematics Science Understand Yourself
I’m not entitled to have an opinion unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people who are in opposition. I think that I am qualified to speak only when I’ve reached that state.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Argument Myself Opinion Qualification Reach State Thinking
Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Focus Life Object Yourself
Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it’s you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Life Mental Person Ruin Thinking Yourself
I’m right, and you’re smart, and sooner or later you’ll see I’m right.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Myself Right Smart Yourself
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid.
CHARLIE MUNGER

People Past Stupidity Way
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
Step by step you get ahead, but rarely in fast spurts.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Fast Rare 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

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