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Founders #249 · June 3, 2022 · 85m

#249 Poor Charlie's Almanack

Senra reads Poor Charlie's Almanack and finds Munger's core philosophy: inversion, multidisciplinary thinking, and the relentless avoidance of stupidity. Munger's approach: instead of trying to be smart, just consistently avoid being dumb.

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Munger read 500+ books a year across every discipline. His mental models framework was built entirely from reading. He called himself a 'book with legs.' The most successful investor's edge was reading more biographies than anyone else.
Munger's inversion principle: instead of trying to be brilliant (which you can't reliably control), focus on avoiding stupidity (which you can). This is the stoic dichotomy repackaged for investors — control the avoidable errors, accept the unpredictable outcomes.
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