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| Original Title: | Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger |
| ISBN: | 157864366X (ISBN13: 9781578643660) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Charles T. Munger
Hardcover | Pages: 512 pages Rating: 4.51 | 5490 Users | 305 Reviews
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| Title | : | Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger |
| Author | : | Charles T. Munger |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Expanded Second Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 512 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2006 by Donning Company Publishers (first published January 1st 2005) |
| Categories | : | Business. Economics. Finance. Nonfiction. Biography. Philosophy |
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Poor Charlie got on my list because Drew Houston of Dropbox said it was one of the best books he had ever read. After blasting through it…. I can understand why he said so, but I’m not sure I agree with him.This is a book that talks a lot about how great and wise Charlie Munger is, but comes up a bit short in the actual wisdom-dispensing department. The one-liner for this book is basically “Be wise, don’t fool yourself, and make the right decisions.” Thanks Charlie. I’ll get right on that.
There wasn’t anything mind-blowing in here. Munger’s advice is typically Midwestern-style morality like “be reliable”, “be honest”, “be patient” with a dash of chaos theory and psychology. He’s big into synthesis and this book is itself an entertaining synthesis of business, history, philosophy, and psychology. There are a couple gems in here that I’ve pulled out in the quotes below.
Also, potential readers should be forewarned - this is an enormous coffee-table-style book. You can’t get it on Kindle or even on Amazon. You have to buy it straight from some weird publishing house’s website. And it’s expensive - I bought mine for like $80 or something. A bit ridiculous if you ask me!
A final note… there’s an Easter Egg in here for any Yalies reading. Munger has a picture of Yale’s Hall of Graduate Studies building in his section on “Critique of Academia: Fatal Disconnectedness” and 2 pages later has a picture of him reading Paul Kennedy’s “Rise and Fall of the Great Powers”... I’m not sure he or his editor were quite aware of what they were doing!
Full review and highlights at http://books.max-nova.com/poor-charlies/
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Ratings: 4.51 From 5490 Users | 305 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Great read. Some speeches are a tad tedious, but don't detract from the overall read. Made me reflect more on unhealthy bias (often subconscious) in investing and academia. Inspired me to buy a lot of other books referenced throughout!I feel smarter reading this book. Charlie Munger, Warren Buffets partner and a self-made billionaire, is considerably one of the smartest man still alive. In this book, Charlie shares his worldly wisdom and describes his multidisciplinary system of combining the fundamentality of every discipline economics, psychology, mathematics, physics, biology, evolution, etc to apply to any specific field, not limited to economics & investment. So much wisdom condensed in a book.
AMAZING. If you're human and you doing something on this planet or even on the other.. Read it.Thanks. That's it.
Five stars, no doubt.It's extremely rare (and generous!) to read a book written by successful businessman with his life&business decision-making framework openly laid out before reader's eyes. Even rarer still is to see that author is also a pure intellectual, striving for science-like clarity and validity of his ideas.Nevertheless, the book has two flaws that distract from overall superb impression and could be remedied with simple editing:- a lot of praise and self-praise given to author.
I had no idea how much I would love this book. It's a monster - huge, unwieldily to hold and read, but a truly valuable and insightful book.This is not a book about finance, or how to beat the market -- nothing so narrow in scope. It is a book about how to think. How to analyze any situation. How to make wise decisions. In particular, he teaches how to build a flexibility of the mind by developing mental models through which to filter information we take in. We tend, as human beings, to be
I'm not gonna praise Munger's wisdom again. Other reviewers did the job very well. After having read both books, Poor Charlie's Almanack and Seeking Wisdom, I highly recommend starting with Seeking Wisdom. It's shorter without lacking depth nor scope, but gives a great 'introduction' into Munger's (and Buffet's) way of thinking. Straight to the point. After reading Seeking Wisdom you probably long for more Munger wisdom. Then go for Poor Charlie's Almanack. Enjoy reading, re-reading ... and soak
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