From the legendary vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, lessons in investment strategy, philanthropy, and living a rational and ethical life.\u201cSpend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up,\u201d Charles T. Munger advises in Poor Charlie\u2019s Almanack. Originally published in 2005, this compendium of eleven talks delivered by the legendary Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman between 1986 and 2007 has become a touchstone for a generation of investors and entrepreneurs seeking to absorb the enduring wit and wisdom of one of the great minds of the 20th and 21st centuries.Edited by Peter D. Kaufman, chairman and CEO of Glenair and longtime friend of Charlie Munger\u2014whom he calls \u201cthis generation\u2019s answer to Benjamin Franklin\u201d\u2014this abridged Stripe Press edition of Poor Charlie\u2019s Almanack features a brand-new foreword by Stripe cofounder John Collison. Poor Charlie\u2019s Almanack draws on Munger\u2019s encyclopedic knowledge of business, finance, history, philosophy, physics, and ethics\u2014and more besides\u2014to introduce the latticework of mental models that underpin his rational and rigorous approach to life, learning, and decision-making. Delivered with Munger\u2019s characteristic sharp wit and rhetorical flair, it is an essential volume for any reader seeking to go to bed a little wiser than when they woke up<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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