Except for textbooks, this is the most expensive book I have purchased. Friends and colleagues ask me how much? Their first reaction after learning about it was that it was definitely not discounted by much from the original price.

Colleague: "It's so expensive, what does it say?"

Me: "A person's wise words, inspirational "successful learning"."

My colleagues didn’t think so after hearing this, and even advised me to drink less chicken soup. Is Poor Charlie's Proverbs really a chicken soup book?

The collector's edition is divided into two parts. The upper part selects Munger's aphorisms and forty works that have influenced his thinking. The following section is his three most important speeches.

Munger’s thoughts are mainly reflected in the following aspects

1. Lifelong learning and making friends with great people

There are no smart people I have met in my life. I don’t read it every day – not one, and the kids all laugh at me because I’m a book with two legs. Make friends with great people who have passed away by reading. If you can actually become friends with them, you will definitely live a better life and get a better education.

You must persist in lifelong learning. If you do not learn lifelong, you will not achieve high achievements. You can't go far in life just by relying on existing knowledge. You have to continue learning after leaving school, so that you can go further in life. As long as you have a breath left, you should continue to learn and improve yourself.

The famous economist Yu Guangyuan lives to learn. At the age of 86, he started learning computers, building websites, and started blogging. He basically sits in front of the computer every day and spends a lot of time writing, learning, playing, and having fun. He said that when he turns 100, he will publish 100 works.

A 79-year-old German lady became a doctor

In Germany, Mrs. Johanna Marx is a well-known figure. At the age of seventy, he studied hard for six years and became a master of education at the University of Cologne. At the age of 79, he completed a 200-page doctoral thesis and became a doctorate at the University of Cologne. The citizens of the small town all admired this tireless old man, so she was selected as the "greatest woman" in the area.

Mr. Lu Xun was still writing words one hour before his death

Li Ka-shing, the richest man in China, spent time studying and reading every night for decades.

Charlie Munger loves biographies. He believed that when you are trying to learn great concepts that are useful, it is best to relate those concepts to the lives and personalities of the great people who came up with them. If you could make friends with Adam Smith, you would certainly learn better about economics. If you can be friends with Pascal Fermat, you must be good at probability. If you can be friends with Buffett, then your investment must be good.

2. Interdisciplinary Multiple Thinking Model

In the eyes of a person holding a hammer in his hand, the world is like a nail. Most people try to solve problems with a mental model, and that thinking often comes from only one professional discipline. But you must know the important theories of various important disciplines and use them regularly. Because you can't find all the wisdom in the world in a small courtyard.

You may be saying: "Oh my gosh, this is too difficult." But luckily, it's not that difficult - because mastering eighty or ninety models can almost make you a universal master. Wise people, and among these eighty or ninety models, only a few are very important. More important models in the hard sciences, engineering, physiology biology and psychology.

Such as the compound interest model. Money has compound interest, knowledge also has positive and negative interest, thinking also has positive and negative interest. 5% of people are thinking1, 0% of people think they are thinking, and 85% of people would rather die than think.

Probabilistic model. Suppose there are two buttons in front of you. If you press the first one, you can get 1 million. On the second one, you have a half chance of getting 100 million. Of course, you may get nothing. Which one will you choose? If you understand probability, you will easily know that the answer should be the second one. Every choice should be made based on the probability of success, rather than superficial gains and losses.

(Engineering) Redundant backup: Prepare one or more copies in case of emergency.

3. Reverse thinking

For complex adaptive systems and the human brain, problems often become easier to solve if reverse thinking is adopted.

If you want to focus, then you should think about what is wasting your attention. If you want to live a better life, you should think about why we always fail in life. If you want to be emotionally stable, think about what is causing you to lose control.

4. Virtue

British biologist Julian said: "Life is nothing more than one connection after another." A small Delian is associated with a small undertaking, a big Delian is associated with a great undertaking. If you want to get what you want, make yourself worthy of it. Trust, success and admiration are all earned through hard work. This is a very simple golden rule.

Laziness, bad faith, jealousy, resentment, etc. are all disastrous thoughts. Reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets.

There is a famous saying in "Walden Pond" - time determines who you will meet in your life, your heart determines who you want to appear in your life, and your behavior ultimately determines who can Leave.

5. Focus on your own strengths and interests

Give full play to your strengths and concentrate your time and energy on things that can generate huge benefits. To act within your own circle of competence and to accomplish something well, interest and diligence are essential.

After achieving such great achievements, Charlie still faced all the glory with a humble and prudent attitude in his later years, and always maintained a clear outlook on life and values, which is a profound reference for our young people. This book is overall inspiring and not only non-toxic, but also nourishing.

When you get up every day, strive to be smarter than you were before, and complete your tasks conscientiously and well. Slowly you will make progress, but this progress may not be fast, but you This will lay the foundation for rapid progress...slowly move forward a little bit every day, and in the end - most people will get what you deserve.