I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.
CHARLIE MUNGERYou’re looking for a mispriced gamble. That’s what investing is. And you have to know enough to know whether the gamble is mispriced. That’s value investing.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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Why should it be easy to do something that, if done well, two or three times, will make your family rich for life?
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It’s waiting that helps you as an investor, and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you didn’t get the deferred-gratification gene, you’ve got to work very hard to overcome that.
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You’re looking for a mispriced gamble. That’s what investing is. And you have to know enough to know whether the gamble is mispriced. That’s value investing.
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A foreign correspondent, after talking to me for a while, once said: “You don’t seem smart enough to be so good at what you’re doing. Do you have an explanation?”
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Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.
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Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant.
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If you can buy the best companies, over time the pricing takes care of itself.
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The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.
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The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
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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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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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I’m right, and you’re smart, and sooner or later you’ll see I’m right.
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If you get into the mental habit of relating what you’re reading to the basic structure of the underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom.
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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.
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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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