№ 01
“Your book Influence has helped us so much that by your principle of reciprocation, you're owed something in return.” source
Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Charlie Munger
Charlie Munger was vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett's partner for over fifty years, famous for a latticework of mental models built from the best ideas in many fields. Picks below come from Poor Charlie's Almanack and his speeches. Munger died in November 2023 at 99.
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All Charlie Munger book recommendations.
№ 02
“It's a marvelous book. And the way the guy's mind works would be useful in business. He's got a mind that is always asking why. Why, why, why.” source
№ 03
“I had to read The Selfish Gene twice before I fully understood it. And there were things I believed all my life that weren't so.” source
№ 04
“A perfectly marvelous book.” source
№ 05
“That's one of the best business biographies I have ever read. And it's a very interesting family story, too. It was just a wonderful, wonderful book.” source
№ 06
“It is the condensed wisdom of a very smart man. I read it twice. Hardin has been ostracized by his profession for various political incorrectnesses, but he's a brilliant man.” source
№ 07
“If you want a good book on how to think about negotiation, Getting to Yes is a wonderful book and Roger Fisher was a wonderful man.” source
№ 08
“Robert Wright writes very well. Three Scientists and Their Gods is a book I have given away to lots of people. It is full of interesting ideas and well worth a careful reading.” source
№ 09
“It's an outstanding book about CEOs who excelled at capital allocation.” source
Readers with overlapping taste
