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Munger's mental models #5: Compounding! Aug 15, 2024

Mental models

In this short series of blogs and videos, in honour of the late, great Charles Munger, I take a look at some of his most powerful mental models.

The power of compounding

It's been written here and all over the internet that the most powerful force in investing is compound growth.Ā 

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Munger's mental models #4: Opportunity cost Aug 14, 2024

Mental models

In this short series of blogs and videos, in honour of the late Charles Munger, I take a look at some of his most powerful mental models.

Opportunity cost

Think about this Munger quote for a second:

"The real cost of any purchase isn't the actual dollar amount but the opportunity c...

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Munger's mental models #3: The most important question of all Aug 13, 2024

Mental models

In this short series of blogs and videos, in honour of the late Charles Munger, I take a look at some of his most powerful mental models.

The most important question of all

Those of you will younger siblings may remember how young kids often have that annoying habit of asking "why?"...

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Munger's mental models #2: Being approximately right (not precisely wrong) Aug 09, 2024

Mental models

In this short series of blogs and videos, in honour of the late Charles Munger, I take a look at some of his most powerful mental models.

Being approximately right

John Maynard Keynes once said that he'd rather be approximately right rather than being precisely wrong.

Just because ...

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Munger's mental models #1: Invert...always invert! Aug 07, 2024

Mental models

In this short series of blogs and videos, in honour of the late, great, Charles Munger, I take a look at some of his most powerful mental models.

Survivorship: first, do no harm

One of Munger's most famous quotes was:

"All I want to know is where I'll die, so I'll never go there".

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This is how to balance the 4 types of wealth Apr 11, 2024

The 4 types of wealth

There's more than one type of wealth, of course, even though most people tend to think mostly of financial wealth.

One way to think about this is to consider these 4 categories: financial wealth, health, mental wealth, and time wealth.

If someone you know is unhappy, agitate...

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This is how to incorporate travel into your plans Oct 10, 2023

How to travel regularly, in comfort

I'm just wrapping up what has felt like a pretty long trip, which has taken in metropolitan and country New South Wales, Melbourne for Grand Final week, a bit of regional Victoria, a decent stretch of the east coast, and Far North Queensland, including the reef.Ā ...

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This is how to generate passive income Oct 07, 2023

6 ways to generate passive income

There are, of course,Ā numerousĀ ways in which you can generate a passive income.

Let's take a look at half a dozen of the most popular below:

(i) Commercial property - there are many different types of commercial property.Ā 

Probably the most popular at the moment...

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