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The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights. And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.
Charlie Munger Poor Charlie’s Almanack · 2005

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“The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights. And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.”

Charlie Munger · Poor Charlie’s Almanack, 2005 · Primary source

“The right investment is in tools of your trade.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

“Our experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing some simple and logical thing, will often dramatically improve the financial results of that lifetime.”

Charlie Munger · Poor Charlie’s Almanack, 2005 · Primary source

“Trying to minimize taxes too much is one of the great standard causes of really dumb mistakes.”

Charlie Munger · Poor Charlie’s Almanack, 2005 · Primary source

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2 authors · 2 works · 8 themes · 17 tags
Authors
Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist and philosopherCharlie Munger American investor and businessman
Works
Poor Charlie’s Almanack Charlie Munger (compiled by Peter D. Kaufman) · 2005Wealth Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1860
Themes
Rare insights can have outsized valuePreparation followed by concentrated actionInvestment in productive capacity
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Concentrated investingOpportunityCapital allocationHard work
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