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“When Warren lectures at business schools, he says, “I could improve your ultimate financial welfare by giving you a ticket with only 20 slots in it so that you had 20 punches, representing all the investments that you got to make in a lifetime. And once you’d punched through the card, you couldn’t make any more investments at all.” He says, “Under those rules, you’d really think carefully about what you did, and you’d be forced to load up on what you’d really thought about. So you’d do so much better.”
― Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
― Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
“I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid.”
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden. — SENECA”
― Your Daily Dose Of Stoic Wisdom: 30 Days Of Quotes To Inspire And Guide The Modern-Day Stoic
― Your Daily Dose Of Stoic Wisdom: 30 Days Of Quotes To Inspire And Guide The Modern-Day Stoic
“At the start of each day, make the decision to choose reason as your foundation.”
― Your Daily Dose Of Stoic Wisdom: 30 Days Of Quotes To Inspire And Guide The Modern-Day Stoic
― Your Daily Dose Of Stoic Wisdom: 30 Days Of Quotes To Inspire And Guide The Modern-Day Stoic
“We do not live this life to build a monument to ourselves, but to pass our understanding of life on to those who come behind us so that their stories can be even more meaningful than ours.”
― Hero on a Mission: A Path to a Meaningful Life
― Hero on a Mission: A Path to a Meaningful Life
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