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Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under patience patience Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Learning only from one’s own experience, and minimizing what one learns from the good and bad experience of others, is a sure-shot producer of misery and second-rate achievement Learning only from one’s own experience,and minimizing what one learns from thegood and bad experience of others, is asure-shot producer of misery andsecond-rate achievement Last stated 40 years ago 13 Jun 1986 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 1986-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Staying down after severe reverses guarantees being permanently mired in misery, since adversity is plentiful even for the lucky and wise — tap to centre the map on it Staying down after severe reversesguarantees being permanently miredin misery, since adversity isplentiful even for the lucky andwise Last stated 40 years ago 13 Jun 1986 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 1986-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A choice with no immediate payoff is not necessarily a poor one: many extraordinary things come from what is first-order negative and second-order positive. — tap to centre the map on it A choice with no immediate payoff isnot necessarily a poor one: manyextraordinary things come from whatis first-order negative andsecond-order positive. Last stated 10 years ago 12 Apr 2016 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2016-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Suffering is not an interruption of a good life but the ground the good things grow out of. — tap to centre the map on it Suffering is not an interruption ofa good life but the ground the goodthings grow out of. Last stated 9 months ago 23 Jan 2026 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2026-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: After age 30 people start seeing friends less, and older men especially are left with no social life. — tap to centre the map on it After age 30 people start seeingfriends less, and older menespecially are left with no sociallife. Last stated a week ago 30 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: As water takes on the nature of the soil it flows through, a person's wisdom takes on the company they keep — tap to centre the map on it As water takes on the nature of thesoil it flows through, a person'swisdom takes on the company theykeep TH Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are
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At the centre Learning only from one’s own experience, and minimizing what one learns from the good and bad experience of others, is a sure-shot producer of misery and second-rate achievement Last stated 13 Jun 1986 · 40 years ago Holds Charlie Munger Read this korrent →