Seeking Wisdom

From Darwin To Munger

Ranked #38 in Wisdom, Ranked #39 in Decision Makingsee more rankings.

Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius' great wisdom: "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake." Seeking Wisdom is the result of Bevelin's learning about attaining wisdom. His quest for wisdom originated partly from making mistakes himself and observing those of others but also from the philosophy of super-investor and Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charles Munger. A man whose simplicity and clarity of thought was unequal to anything Bevelin had seen.

In addition to naturalist Charles Darwin and Munger, Bevelin...
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Charles T. Munger Vice Chairman/Berkshire HathawayRecommends this book

Charlie Munger Vice Chairman/Berkshire HathawayRecommends this book

Nassim Nicholas Taleb AuthorA wonderful book on wisdom and decision-making written by a wise decision-maker. This is the kind of book you read first, then leave by your bedside and re-read a bit every day, so you can slowly soak up the wisdom. It is sort of Montaigne but applied to business, with a great investigation of the psychological dimension of decision-making. I like the book for many reasons --the main one is that it was written by a practitioner who knows what he wants, not by an academic. Enjoy it. (Source)

Jason Fried Co-Founder/BasecampFinally got to re-reading one of my favorite books: Seeking Wisdom, from Darwin to Munger. Highly recommended. (Source)

Derek Sivers A great overview of the lessons of Charlie Munger (partner of Warren Buffett) - and his approach to checklists of multi-disciplinary models to guide clear thinking. (Source)


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