On Success

by Charles T. Munger

This reprint includes abridged materials from: Poor Charlie's Almanack —Expanded Third Edition— The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger ISBN-13 978-1-57864-501-5


Table of Contents:

FOREWORD
Christopher C. Davis

1. HARVARD SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT SPEECH
June 13, 1986

2. USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
The University of Southern California May 13, 2007

3. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN MISJUDGMENT
Essay, May 2006

Genres: Business, Finance, Psychology, Self Help, Nonfiction, Economics

104 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Charles Thomas Munger is an American business magnate, lawyer, investor, and philanthropist. He is Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation, the diversified investment corporation chaired by Warren Buffett; in this capacity, Buffett describes Charlie Munger as "my partner." Munger served as chairman of Wesco Financial Corporation from 1984 through 2011 (Wesco was approximately 80%-owned by Berkshire-Hathaway during that time). He is also the chairman of the Daily Journal Corporation, based in Los Angeles, California, and a director of Costco Wholesale Corporation.

Reviews

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know it's silly in some ways, but I love a good commencement speech. I want condensed wisdom. Bundle up a ball of good decisions and success and give it to me in like 20 minutes or less. It's like searching for the "answer key" to life... and yet acknowledging it doesn't exist.

And yet! I always learn something.

On Success was a random impulse buy at the local used bookstore. There are three chapters. The first two take up only about 25% of the book, and are Munger's two commencement speeches. The third chapter is a list of his 25 psychological tendencies, which overlapped with a host of cognitive biases.

I'm sure there's more wisdom in this little book than I realize. It'll be one I look at again.

[Garth Frederick-Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a simple yet profound book.

[Shannon Baetriz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really a classic.

[Stanley Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tons of useable information in this short book from Warren Buffett's partner...