Who’s Running the Country?
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
Banks Lending Money
A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don’t need it.
The Second-best Policy
Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
Needing People
People who didn’t need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn’t need...
Achieving Immortality
I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying.
Missing Car Payments
If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
Responsibility
Responsible, who wants to be responsible? Whenever something bad happens, it’s always, who’s responsible for this?
Prepositions
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
Getting to Yes
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer ‘yes’ without having asked any clear question.
Speed of Light
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.
Useless Efficiency
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
Why You Should Forgive Your Enemies (lol)
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. —Oscar Wilde
Be Aggressive When It’s Time
Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.
Relying on Special Talents
I think we have some special talents. That being said, I think it’s dangerous to rely on special talents —...
The Color Purple
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice...
The First Rule to Getting Personal Power
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” —Alice Walker
Predicting the Future
We have the same problem as everyone else: It’s very hard to predict the future.
Getting a Good Spouse
What’s the best way to get a good spouse? The best single way is to deserve a good spouse because...
Charlie Munger’s Education
To this day, I have never taken a course anywhere, in chemistry, economics, psychology, or business.
Different Checklists and Mental Models
You need a different checklist and different mental models for different companies. I can never make it easy by saying,...
Commit to Learning and Thinking
My habit of committing far more time to learning and thinking than to doing is no accident.
Learning Machines
I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they...
Write Your Own Story
Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
Don’t Just Exist: Make the Most of Each Day
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” —Oscar Wilde
