Munger's reflections on his career and three basic rules for career satisfaction:
"If at all feasible, you want to maneuver yourself into doing something in which you have an intense interest alongside people whose company you enjoy.
I wanted to earn more than what a senior law partner could expect. I started investing in stocks, businesses and property development before starting a law firm with some of my colleagues.
I liked the independence of a capitalist. I liked figuring things out and making bets. I preferred making the decisions and gambling my own money. I usually thought I knew better than the client anyway, so why should I have to do it his way?
I have three basic rules for career satisfaction that have always helped me.
1. Don't sell anything you wouldn't buy yourself.
There is no ethos, in my opinion, that is better for any person to have.
2. Don't work for anyone you don't respect and admire.
Avoid working directly under somebody you don't admire and don't want to be like. It's dangerous.
I coped in my time by identifying people I admired and by maneuvering, mostly without criticizing anybody, so that I was usually working under the right sort of people.
3. Work only with people you enjoy.
Intense interest in any subject is indispensable if you're really going to excel. I could force myself to be fairly good in a lot of things, but I couldn't excel in anything in which I didn't have an intense interest or enjoy."
h/t @trengriffin
@Karl_Luminus They are known for BJJ in the Tulsa area and the owner Piet Wilhelm is an incredible instructor. They have different classes you can do and I think he works with you on the price depending on how often you’ll be going, but I haven’t gone in years.
Let’s stop making straw man arguments and leveling ad hominem attacks against the Person of the Year who has done more for the American economy and created more jobs than you can ever fathom.