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

Charlie Munger

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
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
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
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
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 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
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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Learning Mistake People Stupidity Trick Wonderful
The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.
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Deserve Safety Way Worth Yourself
We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric.
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Ego Profit Remember Try
Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.
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Bed Knowledge Learning Smart Wake Up Yourself
Our experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing some simple and logical thing, will often dramatically improve the financial results of that lifetime.
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Confirmation Experience Financial Preparation Result
Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass.
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Company Greatness Investment Yourself
It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy.
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Drive Greedy Jealous World
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.
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Learning Leaving Life Yourself
The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.
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Best Compassionate Empathy Help Human Kindness Learning
How do you compete against a true fanatic? You can only try to build the best possible moat and continuously attempt to widen it.
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Best Build Possible Rival True Yourself

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

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