Become Quotable.

"In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time-none." -Charles .T. Munger.

Focus

Born in Nebraska, Omaha, Charlie Munger enrolled in the University of Michigan where he studied mathematics, before dropping out to pursue a career in the U.S. Military. After taking a number of courses from other universities, he applied to Harvard Law School; his father’s alma-matter, from which he was originally rejected due to having not completed his undergraduate degree, but later was admitted after a word was put in for him by a Munger family member.

Just like the well known Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor; Peter Theil, Munger went on to excel in law school, graduating in 1948 with a J.D., magna cum laude, but ended up giving up the practice of law to pursue a career in investments.

Munger spent decades acquiring knowledge from various fields such as psychology, mathematics, and law, before eventually settling on investment management as the vehicle to drive his efforts in the game of money. And even though many others were ahead of him in this game, he never lost his focus. By the end of his life, Munger had inspired an entire generation of young, independent investors, and aspiring business managers with talks, quotes and maxims popularly know Mungerisms to help guide their decisions in the conduct of their daily lives and businesses.

Words (Pt.II)

Although the words of Charlie Munger remained popular throughout his lifetime, he never overtly sought to take credit for the results that they produced, often deflecting to his family when pressed for reasons behind his deference for public recognition.

He remains quotable till this day amongst scholars, business managers, investors, and entrepreneurs like his longtime business partner Warren Buffett, as a result of his unwavering focus on his goal of acquiring as much wisdom as was humanly possible from his rather long life.