1: “Some Scandinavian canoeists succeeded in getting through all the rapids of Scandinavia.”
Charlie Munger, the longtime business partner of Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, was delivering a commencement address to the 2007 USC School of Law graduates.
“They thought they would continue their success by tackling the big whirlpools in northwest America,” he continued.
Things didn’t work out so well. “The death rate was … continue reading
1: What happens when you make it easy for people to cheat?
Charlie Munger had a friend who owned a manufacturing business in Texas.
“He was in a low-margin, tough business,” Charlie writes in Poor Charlie’s Almanack.  Charlie, who died in 2023, was Warren Buffett‘s business partner and the former Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the first non-technology firm in the U.S. to reach a market capitalization … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations.
On Fridays, to begin 2025, I will be sharing some of the wit and wisdom of the late, great Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett‘s business partner and the former Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.
Charlie developed a set of mental models that he … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations.
On Fridays, to begin 2025, I will share some of the wit and wisdom of the late, great Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett‘s business partner and former Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, who passed away in 2023 at the age of 99.
Charlie developed … continue reading
“There will be interruptions, and I don’t know when they will occur, and I don’t know how deep they will occur. I do know they will occur from time to time, but I also know that we’ll come out better on the other end.” —Warren Buffett… continue reading
Imagine we get a “brand-spanking-new puppy from the pet shop,” Peter D. Kaufman suggests.
What is our goal bringing this puppy into our home?
“It’s to have an engaged, contributing, all-in new member of our household,” states Peter, CEO of Glenair, Inc. and editor of Poor Charlie’s Almanack, the Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger. Charlie is the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and has been called “one of the … continue reading
