Thursday, March 28, 2013

words about reading from Charlie Munger

I came across this famous person, Charlie Munger, again from the book "Hedgehogging". I feel quite embarrassed that I did not ever know this big guy and the words of his wisdom, which let me think seriously about the importance of reading, particularly to myself. The follows is a piece of words from him.

"I have said that in my whole life, I have known no wise person over a broad subject matter area who didn’t read all the time—none, zero. Now I know all kinds of shrewd people who by staying within a narrow area can do very well without reading. But investment is a broad area. So if you think you’re going to be good at it and not read all the time, you have a different idea than I do. . . .You’d be amazed at how much Warren [Buffett] reads.You’d be amazed at how much I read. "    —Charlie Munger at the Berkshire Hathaway 2003 Annual Meeting


                                           Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway's 2010 shareholder meeting (source, Wikipedia)

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