Traveling Student, Seeking Knowledge Entrepreneur = Self Investor! أهل القرآن التوحيد. تمسك بكتاب الله! , و امسك بصلاتك! إن الدنيا سجن مؤمن وجنة الكافر.
Charlie Munger was 31 years old. He was divorced, broke, and watching his nine-year-old son die of leukemia. He died at 99 worth $2.6 billion.
In 1953 he went through a divorce at 29. His wife got the house and most of what he had. He moved into a room and drove a beat-up yellow Pontiac. When someone asked why he kept the car, he said it was to discourage gold diggers.
He was making $275 a month as a lawyer at Wright & Garrett in Los Angeles. Then his son Teddy was diagnosed with leukemia. There was no treatment. The survival rate was close to zero. Munger had no health insurance.
His friend Rick Guerin said Munger would go to the hospital, hold his son for a while, then walk the streets of Pasadena crying.
Teddy died in 1955. Munger was 31.
He never let it destroy him. He said envy, resentment, revenge, and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought. Self-pity gets pretty close to paranoia. He said whenever you think some situation or some person is ruining your life, it is actually you who are ruining your life.
He rebuilt everything. He did real estate deals that made him $1.4 million. He started an investment partnership that returned 19.8 percent annually for 13 years. He became vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway in 1978.
His advice to young people was three rules. Do not sell anything you would not buy yourself. Do not work for anyone you do not respect and admire. Work only with people you enjoy.
And one line that held everything together. The safest way to get what you want is to try to deserve what you want.
He gave away so many Berkshire shares that his fortune would have been over $10 billion. He kept $2.6 billion. He did not need the rest.
The man who walked the streets crying at 31 spent the next 68 years proving that you do not overcome tragedy. You outlast it.
My guy has been saving 100,000 naira monthly since January just to open a small business for his girlfriend after her graduation. Her graduation was yesterday.
Earlier this month, she said she was sick and needed 430,000 naira for treatment. He was reluctant but she kept pressing. He sent 500,000 naira.
We attended her graduation yesterday and she showed up in a very clean wig.
That evening he asked how she got it.
She admitted everything. She was never sick. She lied to get the money because she knew he would never give it to her for a wig.
He said, "I had plans for you."
She sent laughing emoji and "Agba event planner. Leave that thing."
He showed her the receipt. A savings account with her name on the tag. Over 900,000 naira saved specifically to start a business for her after graduation.
She cried immediately.
She has been begging him since yesterday.
Above all, love God.
Rich Paul says there are maybe two guys in the whole nba who actually need to fly private all the time and even those flights are being paid for by their brand partner . Everybody else is on a short career window. Spending that kind of money doesn’t make sense
✅"I respect the company's commitment to diversity and inclusion. My religious beliefs are personal, but I'm happy to discuss my ability to meet the role's requirements, working hours, and professional expectations.
Is there a particular job-related requirement you'd like me to clarify?"
This response is professional because it does three things simultaneously: protects your privacy, reassures HR about your ability to perform the job, and redirects the conversation toward your qualifications.
1. Why those three answers can be problematic
The problem is not that Christianity, Islam, or Hinduism is something to conceal. The concern is disclosing sensitive personal information before understanding why an employer wants it.
Answer
❌"I'm a Christian."
May expose you to assumptions about your beliefs, practices, or availability.
❌ "I'm a Muslim."
May lead to assumptions about prayer times, fasting, or scheduling requirements.
❌ "I'm Hindu."
May lead to assumptions about religious observances, holidays, or cultural practices.
None of these answers is inherently wrong. However, your religion generally does not establish whether you can perform a job successfully.
Your qualifications should speak for you before your religious identity does.
2. What to say if HR insists
The key is to avoid sounding defensive while maintaining a clear professional boundary.
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Bookmark it and give it an hour, no matter what.
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BANNED FROM ANOTHER FARMERS MARKET.
Winter Garden, Florida. Brick street. White tents.
Woman with a mic. Winter Garden Police. EVENT STAFF in a red polo.
Cops: you don't have permission to interview here. Move outside the event.
Her: public street. City event. First Amendment.
"We went through this in Lakeland and actually they had to backtrack with their city attorney and retrain their entire police department."
Event staff: "It's a permitted event… you can be here, but you can't interview."
She can film. She can't talk to people.
She asks for the code. The law. His name.
He won't give a name.
More cops. Official trespass warning.
Leave — or jail if she comes back.
She walks. Says she's got kids with her.
Public road. Private rules. Watch the standoff.