The Worldly Wisdom of Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger

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Detoxification

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Here’s a list of things to do to detoxify your mind and body every once in a while:

*Go off the cellphone for a day. Switch off your computer and all electronic devices.
*Go to a park, walk around, sit and soak in the fresh air for a while.
*Eat fresh fruits and vegetables for the whole day. Try to incorporate this as a habit in your meal plan one day in a week.
*Try to speak as less as possible for an entire day. Even better if you do not speak at all. Enjoy the silence inside your mind and outside of you.
Doing these activities once a fortnight would be great. Once a week would be even better, to reset your batteries to take on the rest of the week head-on.

Practising The Desire

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‘Practice makes one perfect’ is an old saying. And it is one that still holds true, for whatever you do.
Take for example, if you read and want to read more in less time. The only way to ensure that you speed up on your reading is by doing just that – reading every single day. Not only will you be able to turn the pages faster, you will grasp what you are reading more efficiently as well, even as your concentration span increases and you develop the habit of reading so that it fits into your daily schedule like having a bath, or three meals a day.
Spend some time practising what you desire to improve in your life like a daily ritual, It will only be a matter of time when the results will make you happier, and more content with yourself.

Positive Aspect of Worrying Ends.

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The Dalai Lama has said:

“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it’s not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.”

Worrying a little about something is good, so long as you let it propel you towards fixing a problem and finding solutions. However, that is where the positive aspect of worrying ends. If unbridled, worrying can cause stress, excessive worrying can even lead to blood pressure problems and hypertension.
Keep calm, and move ahead. More likely than not, there will always be a solution – to any problem.

The Solitude

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Solitude is a necessity for developing skills, reflection, calming the mind and thinking things through. Don’t be afraid of being alone for sometime during the day. Embrace it. You will see a radical shift in all your goals towards self improvement.

Try including meditation in your fitness routine to start accruing the benefits of solitude immediately. Read for sometime everyday, and practice a vocation that you are fond of- singing, writing, painting, carpentry etc. – to hone your skills and tune into yourself.

Think and reflect on your progress, your days going by. Have a conversation with yourself about YOU and see the difference it makes in how you conduct yourself in your daily life.

Learning to be with yourself for sometime everyday is the best way to love yourself. Start loving yourself now.

I’ll do it today

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‘I’ll do it tomorrow’.

A refrain that is not uncommon in our inner thoughts, the desire to put a task on the shelf does several things that could be detrimental to our habits, as well as our ability to manage time, in the long run.
A thought that postpones tasks at hand assumes that the next day will bring forth better resolve in us, and we will not procrastinate tomorrow because we will be hard pressed for time to finish pending work. This does two things for a person who procrastinates. One, along with the task at hand, it postpones resolve to the next day as well. Two, it unconsciously builds a habit in that person who is then inclined to create pressure of a deadline in order to fulfil a task, whether for himself/herself or for someone else and offer a narrow margin of available time to oneself to finish something.
Both these things take away from the conscious effort required to improve our life conditions in general, and quite obviously, have a direct impact on our style of working and its final output.
It is easy to procrastinate. That is why, perhaps the best option left for us is to then tell ourselves, ‘I’ll do it today’.