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The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.

Charlie Munger

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
I’m right, and you’re smart, and sooner or later you’ll see I’m right.
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Myself Right Smart Yourself
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
When you locate a bargain, you must ask, ‘Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?’
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God Location Myself Question
The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.
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Game Last Learning Life Win Yourself
Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
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Investment Myself Result Yourself
You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.
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Argument Best Challenge Force Ideas Love
Why should it be easy to do something that, if done well, two or three times, will make your family rich for life?
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Easy Family Life Rich Time Yourself
A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.
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Avoid Bad Business Death Early Marriage Success
We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric.
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Ego Profit Remember Try
Step by step you get ahead, but rarely in fast spurts.
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Fast Rare Yourself
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid.
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People Past Stupidity Way
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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Investment Price Quality Simplicity 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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Hope Life Simplicity Time Win Work Yourself
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.
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Money Myself Situation Worst
Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
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Focus Life Object Yourself

The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.

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