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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

There’s no way that you can live an adequate life without many mistakes. In fact, one trick in life is to get so you can handle mistakes. Failure to handle psychological denial is a common way for people to go broke.
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Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
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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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Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
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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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Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it’s you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.
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Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
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Focus Life Object Yourself
Common stock investors can make money by predicting the outcomes of practice evolution. You can’t derive this by fundamental analysis – you must think biologically.
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If we’ve been a little more successful than other people, is because we always realised that the school of life was always open, and if you were not learning more you are falling behind.
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I try to get rid of people who always confidently answer questions about which they don’t have any real knowledge.
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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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I think that, every time you saw the word EBITDA, you should substitute the word “bullshit” earnings.
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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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We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric.
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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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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.

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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.

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