Inversion “Invert, always invert,” Carl Jacobi said. Don’t just think forward, but also think backward. We follow the herd by default, even in the way we think. To think differently is unnatural and requires cognitive effort. Sometimes a new perspective dramatically emerged by inverting our thinking. But it doesn’t mean we should always be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian.

Destroy your best-loved ideas constantly

“Any year that you don’t destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year.” Charlie Munger...

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Curious incident of the dog in the night-time

(Extracted from The Adventure of Silver Blaze on Wikipedia) Gregory: “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”...

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Largest positions are the ones you don’t lose

My largest positions are not the ones I think I’m going to make the most money from. My largest positions are the ones I don’t think I’m going to lose money in. Joel Greenblatt...

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The most important question of your life: What are you willing to struggle for?

(Extracted from MarkManson.net) If I ask you, “What do you want out of life?” and you say something like, “I want to be happy and have a great family and a job I like,” it’s so ubiquitous that...

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Contrarianism is rarely right

(Extracted from Learning to Embrace the Chaos & The End of History Illusion by Ben Carlson) Being a contrarian is one of the most seductive positions to take because it allows you to feel like you’re smarter...

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