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.
CHARLIE MUNGERThere’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.
CHARLIE MUNGERShow me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
CHARLIE MUNGERThe 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.
CHARLIE MUNGERGo to bed smarter than when you woke up.
CHARLIE MUNGERI 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 MUNGERJust avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
CHARLIE MUNGERThere has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a life of its own and doesn’t cover new reality. We want people taking into account new information.
CHARLIE MUNGERIf you don’t allow for self-serving bias in the conduct of others, you are, again, a fool.
CHARLIE MUNGERIt’s been my experience in life if you just keep thinking and reading, you don’t have to work.
CHARLIE MUNGERMove only when you have an advantage. It’s very basic. You have to understand the odds and have the discipline to bet only when the odds are in your favor.
CHARLIE MUNGERSomeone will always be getting richer faster than you. This is not a tragedy.
CHARLIE MUNGERYou don’t have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich – just a bit better than average over a long period of time.
CHARLIE MUNGERStock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.
CHARLIE MUNGERIn my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time – none … ZERO.
CHARLIE MUNGERBull markets go to people’s heads. If you’re a duck on a pond, and it’s rising due to a downpour, you start going up in the world. But you think it’s you, not the pond.
CHARLIE MUNGERThe game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.
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