Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, who died Tuesday at age 99, as soon as supplied what turned out to be sage recommendation to his buddy and funding legend Warren Buffett: dwell life backwards.
Munger years in the past informed the considerably youthful Buffett, 93, how he ought to dwell his life, based on CNBC’s Becky Fast, talking on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Time beyond regulation.” Munger informed Buffett, “he ought to write his obituary the best way he desires it written, after which dwell his life accordingly,” Fast mentioned. “Take a look at issues, and dwell backwards.”
In a latest, unaired interview carried out earlier in November, Munger informed Fast “it isn’t a nasty concept” to begin on the finish. “I’ve written my obituary the best way I’ve lived my life, and if you wish to take note of it, it is alright with me. And in the event that they need to ignore it, that is OK with me too. I will be useless.”
Philosophizing on the vagaries of superior age, Munger mentioned, “I’m superb at recognizing unfair benefits, and I acquired unfair benefits in outdated age the identical approach I acquired unfair benefits in non outdated age. And after they got here, I simply grabbed them: growth, growth, growth.”