See, here is the thing – the best, first thing to do when doing anything is to set an expectation.
‘The First Rule of a Happy Life is Low Expectations’ – Charlie Munger.
What usually gets forgotten is the quote extends to ‘With Unrealistic Expectations, You’re Going to be Miserable.’
What a gem and a beauty. I am applying this exact principle to this writing journey.
This journey is going to be a compilation of thoughts and borrowed ideas from those a lot smarter than I. More importantly, everything is written for an audience of one.
As this year is well on its way (19 days into 2024), I keep coming back to one word. The word is: Depth.
Gone are the days of going a mile wide (getting inputs, insights, ‘wisdom’, ‘teachings’ from different influencers, podcasters, authors, noise). This is the year to go a mile deep.
We are going deep with the one person I have looked up to and admired for a long time. Unfortunately, he left us late last year at the age of 99 but to say that he lived a life well-lived is an understatement. This person is Charlie Munger.
Throughout this journey, I am still going to write borrowed ideas from other wise folks. But the distillation process starts with Charlie.
Circling back to why this blog exists: there are far too many concepts, principles, and wisdom that are just too precious to be read or heard once and never thought of again.
Within each concept, principle, and wisdom, they are all worth doing a deep dive into.
The way I envision this blog to unfold is: a deep dive into the concepts, principles, and wisdom written nearly on everything that Charlie has lived by and shared. Dissect his thoughts and how he came to these concepts, principles, wisdom. Write what it means to me. Find an example of my own, write thoroughly on it. And finally, embody it.
That is the system and mental model I am using for this blog.
Needless to say, there is plenty to write about.
But once again, the most important thing to remember is: Who Am I Writing This For? And the answer to that question: was, is, and will always be me.
Feel free to join me in this journey.
Or don’t.
I have nothing to sell you. The choice is yours.