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Munger once observed, “You have to be like a man standing with a spear next to a stream. Most of the time he’s doing nothing. When a fat juicy salmon swims by, the man spears it. Then he goes back to doing nothing. It may be six months
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“Guy Spier, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, moved his family from Manhattan to a rented house in a quiet neighborhood of Zurich, where it’s easier for his beautiful but distractible mind to resemble “a calm pond.” Spier’s office, which is a short tram-ride from his home, has a library in which he doesn’t permit himself a phone or a computer. He has consciously designed his physical environment to support contemplation.”
― Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
― Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
“Establishing and maintaining an unconventional investment profile requires acceptance of uncomfortably idiosyncratic portfolios, which frequently appear downright imprudent in the eyes of conventional wisdom. Unless institutions maintain contrarian positions through difficult times, the resulting damage of buying high and selling low imposes severe financial and reputational costs on the institution.”
― Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated
― Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated
“Government Correspondence Costs 26¢ per letter. Help Reduce the Cost. Write Fewer Letters. Write Briefer Letters.”
― The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life
― The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life
“Every few years there’s a story of a country bumpkin who has no education and a low-wage job but manages to save and compound tens of millions of dollars.”
― The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life
― The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life
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