I read Munger’s quote about aging and having to make new friends differently. Perhaps he was simply noting that if you live into your late nineties, chances are that most (if not all) of the friends in your generation have already passed away. So, you either make new friends or you have no friends at all.
Hi GD - I totally agree with that. Loneliness and isolation are such big problems for the elderly as their friends, family, and contemporaries pass away. As you said, if you live long enough, you might be the only one left if you don't keep making new friends. I think Charlie's advice is a great way to combat that, as well as a great way to keep your mind active and engaging with new things.
So, both Buffett and Munger had poor eating habits. Another thing they had in common. Amazing how some people defy the odds on that end. Makes you wonder.
Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, who wrote the book Life Extension, all about diet, exercise and supplements for longevity, certainly did not make it nearly as far.
Maybe there is something to eat, drink and be merry and buying good businesses at advantageous prices or simply waiting for the fat pitch.
All the other stuff is twaddle as Charlie Munger would likely say.
Charlie asked family members to go away for some time so he could call and talk to Warren one last time. I wonder how they said goodbye and what they spoke about?.
I wish I had Charlie's eating habits and didn't suffer the consequences!
Thank you so much for sharing my essay!
Reading about Buffett and Munger's eating habits always makes me so jealous.
lol. Yep.
Find new friends or have no friends at all! Pure inversion and classic CTM! That’s a keeper for any geriatrician.
It's such great advice on so many different levels.
I read Munger’s quote about aging and having to make new friends differently. Perhaps he was simply noting that if you live into your late nineties, chances are that most (if not all) of the friends in your generation have already passed away. So, you either make new friends or you have no friends at all.
Hi GD - I totally agree with that. Loneliness and isolation are such big problems for the elderly as their friends, family, and contemporaries pass away. As you said, if you live long enough, you might be the only one left if you don't keep making new friends. I think Charlie's advice is a great way to combat that, as well as a great way to keep your mind active and engaging with new things.
So, both Buffett and Munger had poor eating habits. Another thing they had in common. Amazing how some people defy the odds on that end. Makes you wonder.
Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, who wrote the book Life Extension, all about diet, exercise and supplements for longevity, certainly did not make it nearly as far.
Maybe there is something to eat, drink and be merry and buying good businesses at advantageous prices or simply waiting for the fat pitch.
All the other stuff is twaddle as Charlie Munger would likely say.
Charlie asked family members to go away for some time so he could call and talk to Warren one last time. I wonder how they said goodbye and what they spoke about?.