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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

I don’t spend much time regretting the past, once I’ve taken my lesson from it. I don’t dwell on it.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Lesson Myself Past Regret 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’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid.
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People Past Stupidity Way
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.
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Alone Curiosity Learning Need Pass People Time
Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
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Avoid Development Habit Mental Race Training
Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.
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Mindset Opportunity Preparation
I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do.
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Argument Myself Opinion Side
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
The more hard lessons you can learn vicariously rather than through your own hard experience, the better.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Better Experience Hard Lesson Yourself
The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.
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Deserve Safety Way Worth Yourself
Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
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Cost Decision Intelligence Opportunity People
I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody’s that smart.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Believe Best Master Myself People Smart
Someone will always be getting richer faster than you. This is not a tragedy.
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Fast Rich Tragedy 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
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
It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Drive Greedy Jealous World

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.

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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.

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