Rating: *****
Tags: Munger, Investing, Mental Models, Lang:en
Publisher: Post scriptum
Added: October 22, 2019
Modified: November 5, 2021
Summary
Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius'
great wisdom: "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't
correct it, is committing another mistake." Seeking Wisdom is
the result of Bevelin's learning about attaining wisdom. His
quest for wisdom originated partly from making mistakes
himself and observing those of others but also from the
philosophy of super-investor and Berkshire Hathaway Vice
Chairman Charles Munger. A man whose simplicity and clarity
of thought was unequal to anything Bevelin had seen. In
addition to naturalist Charles Darwin and Munger, Bevelin
cites an encyclopedic range of thinkers: from first-century
BCE Roman poet Publius Terentius to Mark Twain-from Albert
Einstein to Richard Feynman-from 16th Century French essayist
Michel de Montaigne to Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren
Buffett. In the book, he describes ideas and research
findings from many different fields. This book is for those
who love the constant search for knowledge. It is in the
spirit of Charles Munger, who says, "All I want to know is
where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." There are
roads that lead to unhappiness. An understanding of how and
why we can "die" should help us avoid them. We can't
eliminate mistakes, but we can prevent those that can really
hurt us. Using exemplars of clear thinking and attained
wisdom, Bevelin focuses on how our thoughts are influenced,
why we make misjudgments and tools to improve our thinking.
Bevelin tackles such eternal questions as: Why do we behave
like we do? What do we want out of life? What interferes with
our goals? Read and study this wonderful multidisciplinary
exploration of wisdom. It may change the way you think and
act in business and in life.