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Charlie Munger's famous quotes

1. We do not sign contracts that allow us to be lazy, lest we fall into depravity.

2. A problem is half solved if it is thoroughly understood. It is actually very difficult to figure things out.

3. Deliberately pursuing rationality is really useful and worth your lifetime efforts.

4. You cannot pretend to do many things. Pretending will make the lie come true. Hypocrisy becomes noble when it reaches a certain level. If you keep pretending for a long time, people will indeed change. Whatever you say, people change.

5. Your mind will deceive you. It is best to take some precautions and be vigilant about your own opinions.

6. Our problem now is that everything happening around us has filled people’s brains with water, but people with brains know nothing about it.

7. Being able to find good hunting places is a skill. No matter who you are, you can catch more things when you go to a good hunting place.

8. Don’t get stuck in a victimized mood and always feel that it’s everyone else’s fault. This way of thinking is very harmful. If you keep thinking this way, in the end no one will be willing to have anything to do with you. You shouldn't think so.

9. When I encounter problems, I classify them into categories. Many problems are thrown into the "too difficult" pile. If a question given to me by others meets my criteria of "too difficult", I will throw it into the "too difficult" pile and never think about it again.

10. No matter who it is, life will not be easy if a more powerful competitor emerges. So I think Japan's stagnation is not Japan's fault, it's the time and the trend.

11. I am specifically thinking about how to deny myself. Most people strive to defend their ideas, no matter how foolish they may be.

12. Becoming a rational and objective person should be the most important pursuit in life.

13. If you can’t rely on your face to make a living, what should you do if your mind becomes irrational?

14. When thinking about a problem, you must consider not only what the people above me see, but also what the people below me see.

15. If it is beyond your circle of competence, you have to say "This thing is too difficult, I will never understand it in my life." I'm very good at this. When I encounter something I can't handle, I give up.

16.99% of people are always the bottom 99%. This is the reality.

17, I can only give you one piece of advice: lower your expectations, work hard to achieve them, and be content with what you have. I think this is a very good suggestion. It may not sound like that at first glance, but it is actually very simple.

18. In the long run, people who can delay gratification will live better.

Delayed gratification is innate, and this has been proven in psychological research. If you are very impulsive and cannot be satisfied immediately, I can only wish you good luck. I think you will have a bad life, and I can't bring you back.

19. If you have some talent for delayed gratification and can cultivate this talent, you are already on the road to success and happiness. Always wanting immediate gratification will lead to death and possibly contracting syphilis.