All my life, I've gone through life anticipating trouble. And here I am, well along on my eighty-fourth year, and like Epictetus, I've had a favored life. It didn't make me unhappy to anticipate trouble all the time and be ready to perform adequately if trouble came. It didn't hurt me at all. In fact, it helped me.
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Charlie Munger
Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023
United States · b. 1924
Business and finance
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Was vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway from 1978 until his death in 2023, and chairman of Wesco Financial and the Daily Journal Corporation. Trained as a lawyer at Harvard Law School and practised in Los Angeles before moving into investment.
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