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The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It's the assets you have to worry about.
Charlie Munger
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Charlie Munger
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: January 1
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Omaha
Nebraska
Charlie Thomas Munger
Charles T. Munger
Charles Thomas Munger
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You have to learn to be a follower before you become a leader.
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Practically everybody (1) overweighs the stuff that can be numbered, because it yields to the statistical techniques they’re taught in academia, and (2) doesn’t mix in the hard-to-measure stuff that may be more important. That is a mistake I’ve tried all my life to avoid, and I have no regrets for having done that.
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Avoid working directly under somebody you don't admire and don't want to be like.
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A lot of opportunities in life tend to last a short while, due to some temporary inefficiency... For each of us, really good investment opportunities aren't going to come along too often and won't last too long, so you've got to be ready to act and have a prepared mind.
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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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Assume life will be really tough, and then ask if you can handle it. If the answer is yes, you've won.
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If all you succeed in doing in life is getting rich by buying little pieces of paper, it's a failed life. Life is more than being shrewd in wealth accumulation.
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