"The best thing a human being can do, is to help another human being know more."
- Charlie Munger
Munger talks about the most desired qualities of an investor: preparedness, patience and decisiveness.
It is only by being prepared that one recognizes opportunities as they come along. Patience is a requisite to avoid wasting bullets with mediocre opportunities and decisiveness to act promptly and bet heavily when it is required.
When something is simple but difficult to achieve, the right question to ask isn’t, “What can I learn to help me get better?” It’s, “What belief is getting in my way that I should let go of?”
It’s when you should ask, “What do I strongly believe that’s likely wrong?”
Regardless of your IQ, we are all susceptible to our personal biases, and we must always work to mitigate their influences over our portfolios.
For most people, the goal of investing is to steadily accrue profits over time in order to provide a better future for themselves. That’s a task that requires patience.
KISS: Keep it simple, stupid.
No. 1: Treat a share of stock as a proportional ownership of the business.
No. 2: Buy at a significant discount to intrinsic value to create a margin of safety.
No. 3: Make Mr. Market your servant rather than your master.
No. 4: Be rational, objective and dispassionate.
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