Being honest with yourself is the first step to successful investing. People who cannot be honest with themselves can only live a mediocre life (which is not a bad thing), but they will never achieve anything that satisfies them.
Category: Charlie Munger
Key points from Munger Daily Journal’s 10 years of shareholder meetings
I spent some time reading through all the transcripts of the Q&A of Munger Daily Journal (ticker: DJCO)’s sessions at shareholder meetings during his 10 years (2014-2023) . Summarized my personal thoughts and ideas in the article you are reading now.
In the crowd, it’s impossible to think independently or keep sane
The crowd, groups of people, when clustered together, have a collective unconsciousness
Statistics can be deceiving
The most serious and most capable of changing statistical results is preconceived ideas “Shoot before set target”────because statistics and market surveys belong to more fields of non-science, and the mathematics and statistics involved in the middle are just tools . It is people who report and interpret in the end; as long as there are people, there will be prejudice.
The crowd tend to lose their judgment and get lost
People get lost in market: Seeing is believing NOT exist in market, Markets are not rational, Academic hypothesis not refect the fact.
Complicated math is not a prerequisite in stock investing
Most people has a myth, complicated math play a key role to invest successful. Peter Lynch said “All the math you need in the stock market you get in the fourth grade.”
Charlie Munger, a great investor worth remembering
Buffett said: “Because Munger… made me go from an orangutan to a human being, if I didn’t know him, I would be much poorer than I am now!” Buffett said in a statement on Charlie Munger’s death: “Without Charlie’s inspiration, wisdom and Without participation, Berkshire would not be where it is today.”
Investing is a game of chance
There is a 60% chance of stock investing success in the long run
Munger’s most important work “Poor Charlie’s Almanack”
“Poor Charlie’s Almanack” is a must-read book if you want to understand Munger’s life “thoughts”. The focus is not on investment, but on Munger’s philosophy of life. The content is very rich. I would like to remind everyone that this book is actually very difficult to read and is not suitable for everyone to read.
People who are good at deferred gratification is more likely to succeed
More freedom is worth for who are deferred gratification, self-control cannot be achieved simply by persisting or saying “no”, but by changing our way of thinking, and this thinking mode is “deferred gratification”