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Sound investment principles, wisdom, and inspiration from the best investors and thinkers. Follow me to think about investing and decision making more wisely.

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“We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.” — Warren Buffett
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This exchange between Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger is golden—lessons for building wealth and living a better life: Buffett: "Write your obituary and try to figure out how to live up to it. For business, You just want to make sure you don't make any mistakes that take you
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"Until you can manage your emotions, don't expect to manage money." — Warren Buffett
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Warren Buffett's tribute to Charlie Munger:
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"Read 500 pages every week. That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will." — Warren Buffett
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"I read everything: Annual reports, 10-Ks, 10-Qs, biographies, histories, five newspapers a day. On airplanes I read the instructions on the backs of the seats. Reading is key. Reading has made me rich over time." — Warren Buffett
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"Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will." — Warren Buffett
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"The advice I would give is to read everything in sight." — Warren Buffett
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"Until you can manage your emotions, don't expect to manage money." — Warren Buffett
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"The young man knows the rules, the old man knows the exceptions." — Charlie Munger
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"The first rule of a happy life is low expectations." — Charlie Munger
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2 gems from Charlie Munger: “Those who keep learning will keep rising in life.” “The first rule of a happy life is low expectations.”
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"The game is to keep learning." — Charlie Munger
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"The young man knows the rules, the old man knows the exceptions." — Charlie Munger
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"I'm not terribly affected by the fact that the crowds are agreeing with me or disagreeing with me. I'll do whatever my own sense tells me. The trick is simply to sit and think." — Warren Buffett
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"If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep money." — Ray Dalio
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"You cannot make a good deal with a bad person." — Warren Buffett
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Peter Lynch: "Whenever there's a recession, I pay attention to this group..."
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“Those who keep learning will keep rising in life.” — Charlie Munger
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"It’s an easy game, if you can control your emotions." — Warren Buffett
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"If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep money." — Ray Dalio
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“The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.” — Warren Buffett
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"You cannot make a good deal with a bad person." — Warren Buffett
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"Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will." — Warren Buffett
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"If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep you will work until you die." — Warren Buffett
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"Until you can manage your emotions, don't expect to manage money." — Warren Buffett
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“The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.” — Warren Buffett
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"Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs." — Charlie Munger
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"What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history." — Warren Buffett
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“The biggest thing about making money is time. You don’t have to be particularly smart—you just have to be patient.” — Warren Buffett
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"It’s an easy game, if you can control your emotions." — Warren Buffett
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"Finance has three simple rules: maintain a clear mind, figure out asymmetries, never talk to idiots." — Nassim Taleb
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"I think the best road to human happiness is to expect less." — Charlie Munger
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"The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient." — Warren Buffett
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"Keep learning, that's the secret." — Charlie Munger
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"Cash combined with courage in a crisis is priceless." — Warren Buffett
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"The advice I would give is to read everything in sight." — Warren Buffett
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10 takeaways from Warren Buffett's latest shareholder letter (just released this morning):
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"Most people get interested when everyone else is. The time to be interested is when no one else is. You can't buy what is popular and do well." — Warren Buffett
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“There's only one way to the top: hard work.” — Charlie Munger
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“The big money is not in the buying or selling—but in the waiting.” — Charlie Munger
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"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do." — Steve Jobs
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"If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep you will work until you die." — Warren Buffett
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"If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep money." — Ray Dalio
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"Brilliance is the ability to simplify a mass amount of information into a simple yes/no decision." — Warren Buffett
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"Don't look for the money—look for something you love, and if you're good, the money will come." — Warren Buffett
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"Read 500 pages every week. That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will." — Warren Buffett
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“No matter how great the talent or efforts—some things just take time.” — Warren Buffett
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"I think a life properly lived is just learn, learn, learn all the time." — Charlie Munger
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"The best way to minimize risk is to think." — Warren Buffett
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“The five most dangerous words in business are: Everybody else is doing it.” — Warren Buffett
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"It is better to be approximately right, than precisely wrong." ��� Warren Buffett
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"You cannot make a good deal with a bad person." — Warren Buffett
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"The game is to keep learning." — Charlie Munger
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“The big money is not in the buying or selling—but in the waiting.” — Charlie Munger
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"You cannot make a good deal with a bad person." — Warren Buffett
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"The fastest way to become rich is to socialize with the poor; the fastest way to become poor is to socialize with the rich." — Nassim Taleb
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“Savings can be created by spending less. You can spend less if you desire less. And you will desire less if you care less about what others think of you.” — Morgan Housel
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Warren Buffett shares 15 lessons from Charlie Munger (plus 1 rule from Buffett at the end):
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"Cash is the oxygen of independence." — Morgan Housel
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"The key is to save as much as you can, as early as you can." — Peter Lynch
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"What I was given to study in school I have forgotten; what I decided to read on my own, I still remember." — Nassim Taleb
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"The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be." — Ray Dalio
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Warren Buffett was asked this morning if he could have one more day with Charlie Munger, what would Buffett do? He suggested he'd probably do what they always did: "We always lived in a way where we were happy with what we were doing every day..." Charlie loved learning—as did
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"Everyone makes mistakes. I think people beat themselves up too much over their mistakes.” — Warren Buffett
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“Save like a pessimist and invest like an optimist.” — Morgan Housel
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"The more you learn, the more you'll earn." — Warren Buffett
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"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing." — Warren Buffett
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“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.” — Warren Buffett
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"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do." — Steve Jobs
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“I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.” ― Warren Buffett
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"Keep learning, that's the secret." — Charlie Munger
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"The most valuable lessons are learned in tough times." — Howard Marks
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“What the wise man does in the beginning, the fool does in the end.” — Warren Buffett
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"If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep money." — Ray Dalio
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“Money doesn't change men—it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out.” ― Henry Ford
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“Money doesn't change men—it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out.” ― Henry Ford
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12 takeaways from Warren Buffett's latest shareholder letter (just released this morning):
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"Never invest in a business you cannot understand." — Warren Buffett
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“It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.” — Warren Buffett
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"What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history." — Warren Buffett
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"If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep money." — Ray Dalio
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“The biggest thing about making money is time. You don’t have to be particularly smart—you just have to be patient.” — Warren Buffett
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"Cash combined with courage in a crisis is priceless." — Warren Buffett
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"The fastest way to become rich is to socialize with the poor; the fastest way to become poor is to socialize with the rich." — Nassim Taleb
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“I’m not interested in cars and my goal is not to make people envious—don’t confuse the cost of living with the standard of living.” — Warren Buffett
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"If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need." — Warren Buffett
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“Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.” — Nassim Taleb
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“If you understand business, you understand investments.” — Warren Buffett
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“Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.” — Nassim Taleb
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"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing." — Warren Buffett
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“The five most dangerous words in business are: Everybody else is doing it.” — Warren Buffett
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"What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end." — Warren Buffett
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“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say ‘No’ to almost everything.” — Warren Buffett
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"Cash combined with courage in a crisis is priceless." — Warren Buffett
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"Patience — this is the greatest business asset." — J. Paul Getty
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“Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people.” — Warren Buffett
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"If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need." — Warren Buffett
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“The five ascending levels of intellect: Smart, Intelligent, Brilliant, Genius, Simple.” — Albert Einstein "Keep it simple." — Warren Buffett
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