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When you locate a bargain, you must ask, ‘Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?’

Charlie Munger

Step by step you get ahead, but rarely in fast spurts.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Fast Rare Yourself
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.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Average Definition Life Marketing Myself People Result Rule
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.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Alone Curiosity Learning Need Pass People Time
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Attraction Nature Reward Rule Yourself
The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Big Marketing Buy Money Sell Wait
A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Business Choice Greatness Price
In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time – none … ZERO.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Known Life Myself People Reading Time Wisdom
The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Game Last Learning Life Win Yourself
Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Aggression Meaning People Success Time Worry
Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Focus Life Object Yourself
You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Argument Best Challenge Force Ideas Love
All I want to know is where I’m going to die, so I’ll never go there.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Death Funny Myself Place
If the value of a company doesn’t just scream out at you, it’s too close.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Company Scream Value Yourself
It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Drive Greedy Jealous World
It’s been my experience in life if you just keep thinking and reading, you don’t have to work.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Experience Life Reading Thinking Yourself
I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Argument Myself Opinion Side

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