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Sharing a Buffett quote with the brothers: 99% of companies will disappear. Buffett's shared quotes (classic excerpts) The biggest discovery in my life is not how to pick stocks, nor how to read financial reports, but the realization of a harsh truth: 99% of companies will disappear. Those star companies you see today will most likely no longer exist 20 years from now. IBM once dominated the industry for 60 years but was eventually eliminated by the wave of technology. Kodak invented the digital camera but died at the hands of digitalization. But there are five industries as certain as the sun rising every day—they existed 20 years ago, exist today, and will still exist 20 years from now, becoming increasingly valuable. That afternoon at the grocery store When I was 14, I worked at the Buffett family grocery store in Omaha. The boss was Ernest Buffett, Warren Buffett’s grandfather, a strict German old man. He required us to work 12 hours every day, no meal breaks, no rest, and the wage was only 2 dollars. One day, a customer named Tom came in, in his 50s, wearing a decent suit, driving a Ford. He was the owner of another grocery store in town. I saw him standing in front of the shelves for a long time, staring blankly at the price tags, and finally only bought a bag of flour before leaving. Ernest looked at his back and said to me, "This man is finished." I didn’t understand and asked, "Why? He looks quite wealthy?" Ernest said, "Look at what he bought—flour. A grocery store owner coming here to compare prices for flour means his store can no longer sustain itself." Why Tom lost Sure enough, two months later Tom’s store closed. Why? Because a chain supermarket opened across from his store. Prices were 10% cheaper, the variety was twice as much, and there was a parking lot. Tom desperately lowered prices to keep customers, but his procurement costs were high. Lowering prices meant losing money; not lowering prices meant losing customers. The last time I saw him was at the bakery on the corner. His hair was completely white, his back hunched, and his eyes hollow. He said to me, "Charlie, I’ve been in the grocery business for 30 years and thought I knew it well. But what I didn’t understand was that this business has no moat. Anyone can open a grocery store, anyone can sell cheaper than me. I lost not to competitors, but to the nature of this industry." A business without a moat is like running naked. At that moment I was 14, but I remembered one sentence: A business without a moat is like running naked. You make money today, and tomorrow someone will take it away. That’s why later, Warren Buffett and I never invest in perfectly competitive industries—grocery stores, restaurants, clothing stores, small factories. These businesses seem simple but are actually the hardest to run. Because the barriers are too low, competition is too fierce, and the moat is zero. ----- Mapped to investing, the principle is the same. When you pick a target, you are essentially choosing a business "whose profits others cannot steal." Companies with brand, network effects, switching costs, and scale advantages can protect their profits. This is also why indices are effective in the long term. The S&P 500 constituents are companies that have passed through multiple barriers and have moats; rotten tomatoes can’t get in.

Understanding "Poor Charlie's Almanack": True wisdom is avoiding all the pitfalls that can make you fall People spend their whole lives chasing "the method to success." We frantically learn how to make money, build networks, improve emotional intelligence, stage comebacks, and master investment skills, always thinking that breaking through in life depends on extreme intelligence, relentless effort, and rare luck. But after reading "Poor Charlie's Almanack" and grasping Charlie Munger's fundamental logic, you see through the most counterintuitive yet most profound truth: The highest wisdom in life is not about actively winning more, but about actively avoiding all the pits that can cause your collapse. A master’s lifelong practice is not extreme aggression, but extreme risk avoidance. The mediocrity, collapse, and regrets of the vast majority are never due to "lack of ability," but because they fall into "cognitive traps, human weaknesses, and basic mistakes." Success is a probabilistic event, but failure is mostly inevitable. The smart rely on luck to reach the top; the clear-headed survive by avoiding pitfalls. 01 Most people strive hard; a few survive by going against the grain Munger’s core, top-level thinking throughout his life can be summed up in four words: inverse thinking. He has a famous saying that runs through his life, simple yet revealing profound truth: "I just want to know where I’m going to die so I’ll never go there." Ordinary people think: How can I do better, be more successful, and richer? Munger thinks: What should I avoid so I won’t fall, crash, or end up with nothing? This is the cognitive gap between ordinary people and top sages. The harsh truth of life: positive effort yields slow compound returns, but one wrong choice or a fatal pit can wipe out ten years of accumulation. Many people work hard all their lives, diligent and disciplined, supposed to steadily improve, but end up collapsing: Some fall into greed and speculation, losing all their savings overnight; Some fall into emotional exhaustion, draining body and mind and missing opportunities; Some fall into blind trust, believing others wrongly and taking the wrong path; Some fall into arrogance and luck, stubbornly holding onto weaknesses and stagnating. These collapses have nothing to do with IQ, effort, or luck. The essence is: not knowing how to avoid risks, actively walking into deep pits beyond their cognition. Positive effort only lets you move forward slowly; Inverse pit avoidance lets you live steadily and keep improving. For ordinary people, the greatest life dividend is never catching a get-rich-quick opportunity, but never making fatal mistakes in a lifetime. 02 All falls in life stem from misjudgments of human nature The core takeaway from "Poor Charlie's Almanack" is not investment skills or success mindset, but 25 types of human cognitive biases. Munger’s life experience proves: all human stupidity, falls, and regrets are not caused by external forces but by the loss of control of instinctive human nature. We are born with thinking flaws, naturally swayed by emotions, desires, and biases—this is a human nature bug engraved in our bones and the deep pit everyone faces. Understanding the three deadliest human nature traps is enough to avoid 80% of life’s disasters. First, avoid the consistency bias: stuck in errors, unwilling to turn back The biggest human weakness is that once a choice is made and costs invested, it’s hard to admit being wrong. Once time is invested, we can’t give up on the wrong thing; Once true feelings are given, we can’t leave the wrong person; Once energy is spent, we can’t cut losses on the wrong path. We’d rather exhaust ourselves, stubbornly fight, and self-deceive in error than calmly admit: I chose wrong and stop losses in time. Many people lose not because the road ahead is hard, but because of the obsession with "not admitting mistakes." Clearly the road ahead is a pit, but due to sunk costs, they grit their teeth and jump down. Second, social proof bias: blindly follow the crowd, lose yourself Humans are social animals, naturally prone to conformity. When others follow trends to make money, you blindly follow without understanding the underlying logic; When others seek stability, you give up growth, stuck in your comfort zone without breakthroughs; When others are anxious and exhausted, you go with the flow, swept along by worldly rhythms. Most people’s mediocrity comes from mindless bandwagoning and giving up independent thinking. The crowd never chases truth, only fleeting excitement. Blind following always ends in endless deep pits. Third, overconfidence bias: arrogance is the biggest disaster for ordinary people Munger says: the most common human stupidity is blindly overestimating one’s cognition and ability. The more shallow one’s understanding, the more blind the confidence; the narrower the vision, the more stubborn the arrogance. Always thinking luck is better, exceptions more, and a lucky turnaround possible; Always thinking risks are far away and mistakes only happen to others. All crashes, losses, and defeats stem from four words: overconfidence. Underestimating risks and overestimating oneself is the deadliest flaw of adults. All falls are never sudden misfortunes but the inevitable accumulation of human weaknesses. 03 True clarity: don’t pursue total victory, just avoid defeat Many people have a huge cognitive bias about life: always wanting to win every step, be perfect in everything, and shine all the way. But Munger tells us: life doesn’t need extreme highlights, only extreme stability. True masters never seek frequent wins but seek long-term undefeated status. When young, we all aim too high, wanting to overtake on curves, make overnight comebacks, and get rich fast. Only when mature do we realize: the greatest competitiveness in life is not explosive power but endurance. Those who go the farthest, live the most steadily, and ultimately cross social strata are not necessarily the smartest or hardest working, but definitely the ones who make the fewest mistakes, step on the fewest pits, and are extremely clear-headed. They know how to restrain greed and avoid money beyond their cognition; They know how to cut losses timely and not get stuck in irreparable mistakes; They know how to respect risks and not rely on meaningless luck; They know how to think independently and not follow the crowd’s torrent. The logic for ordinary people to turn their lives around is never: sprinting desperately, gambling on opportunities. It is: quit stupidity, avoid all deep pits, accumulate slowly, and compound quietly. The logic of making money is gradually upgrading cognition; The logic of growth is gradually quitting weaknesses; The logic of life is gradually avoiding risks. Every mistake you avoid adds confidence; Every pit you avoid saves you from reset; Every foolish choice you avoid increases your chance to turn around. 04 The highest wisdom: actively avoid pits, improve lifelong Understanding "Poor Charlie's Almanack" ultimately means understanding the simplest truth of life: IQ determines your ceiling; risk avoidance determines your floor. In the end, life’s competition is not about talent and effort, but about the ability to make fewer mistakes. Maturity means no longer obsessing over how to succeed quickly but focusing on how to avoid failure. Clarity means no longer chasing illusory highlights but protecting your life’s foundation. So, no need to rush success, envy others, or blindly struggle. Learn to live with Munger’s inverse thinking: Don’t blindly follow, keep your independent thinking; Don’t be greedy for profit, keep your cognition-aligned bottom line; Don’t obsess over mistakes, keep clear-headed timely loss-cutting; Don’t rely on luck, keep steady respect for risk. True great wisdom is not about defying fate but about clear-headed avoidance of disaster and peaceful living. Avoid all pits that can make you fall, steady your mind, cultivate yourself, and accumulate day by day. Time will eventually tell you: All steadiness is life’s best turnaround; All disaster-free times are life’s top luck.

YouTube expert Dan Koe's "3-2-1" method to make you the top 1% in any field Dan Koe believes that modern people's mediocrity is not due to lack of effort, but because their way of working hard is extremely ugly and inefficient. We use tactical diligence to cover up strategic laziness. We use low-level busyness to avoid high-level thinking. If you want to break out of this gravity well of mediocrity and break into the top 1% in any field—writing, programming, design, or making money—you don't need to work yourself to death or get caught in endless competition. You just need to master a minimalist but ruthless "3-2-1" method. This method is a weapon Dan Koe distilled from neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and minimalist business philosophy. It can transform you from a "digital person" controlled by algorithms into a "god-level player" with absolute control. First, the "3" is the sacred, non-negotiable daily time. Many people see the number 3 and immediately think: Do I have to learn three foreign languages? Or read three books every day? Wrong. Completely wrong. The "3" Dan Koe refers to is: 3 hours of deep creation every day. You might say, is that all? I’m currently working 996, starting at 12 hours a day, and I’m still broke despite all that effort. You want me to only work 3 hours a day? Are you trying to starve me? This is the root of your mediocrity. You mistake "time spent" for "output." According to Dan Koe's logic, the human brain is not designed to run continuously like an industrial machine. Our brain is a high-energy biological computer. Neuroscientists have long proven that the maximum daily "high-intensity, high-cognition, creative" focus time humans can maintain is about 4 hours. Beyond that, the brain enters garbage time. Think about your 3 p.m. at the office. You stare at the screen, fingers moving, flipping through PPT slides, but your brain has actually stopped working. You’re slacking off, replying to meaningless messages, attending useless meetings that waste your life. You think you’re working, but you’re just pretending to work. This is called "pseudo-diligence." Dan Koe's "3-hour rule" is to work like a lion, not like an ox. An ox keeps its head down eating grass all day, and after a whole day, it’s still just an ox. A lion spends most of its time sleeping, sunbathing, sharpening its claws, but the moment it strikes, it’s lethal. These 3 hours every day must be sacred, inviolable, and vacuum-sealed. During these 3 hours, you cannot check WeChat, emails, or news. You must cut off all contact with the outside world and lock yourself in a mental black box. What you do must be the hardest, most core, and highest leverage task in that field. If you’re a writer, these 3 hours are only for writing the main text—no researching, no formatting. If you’re a programmer, these 3 hours are only for tackling core algorithms—no fixing trivial bugs. If you’re an entrepreneur, these 3 hours are only for thinking about strategy and product—no replying to customer messages. Dan Koe says if you can persist for a year, doing only 3 hours of deep work daily, your output will surpass 99% of people who just sit in offices wasting time every day. Because those 99% have fragmented attention, get interrupted every 5 minutes, have terrifyingly high mental entropy, and their brains are a chaotic mess. But you, during these 3 hours, are in flow state, one with your work. The output from these 3 hours carries "soul" and "penetration." In an era where AI can generate countless garbage contents, only this kind of deep thinking product is scarce and valuable. So, to become the top 1%, the first step is to learn to "steal time." Wake up 3 hours earlier or stay up 3 hours later (if your body can handle it). Even if you still have a job, you must reserve these most precious 3 hours for yourself before your boss drains you. This is your capital to redeem yourself. Second, the "2" is two opposing skills that must be stitched together. After mastering time, let's talk about "2." This "2" means mastering two seemingly completely opposite or unrelated skills and stitching them together. From childhood, we are educated to specialize. To be proficient, to dig deep, to become a standard, irreplaceable screw. But in Dan Koe’s view, specialization is for insects. AI is here. What is AI best at? Specialization. AI plays Go more professionally than you, codes faster than you, translates more accurately than you. If you only compete in a narrow field, AI will crush you without leaving a trace. In 2026, the real moat is called "skill stack." You need to be a "patchwork monster." Dan Koe proposes that the most powerful skill combinations are often "one literary, one martial," or "one internal, one external." For example: Programming (extremely rational logic) + Writing (extremely emotional expression). Design (visual aesthetics) + Marketing (human insight). Psychology (understanding humans) + Data analysis (understanding machines). When you have two opposing skills, a magical chemical reaction happens. You no longer compete with programmers just on coding, because you can write articles and turn dry technology into compelling stories—you become a tech evangelist. You no longer compete with writers just on literary talent, because you understand programming and can turn stories into interactive games—you become an independent developer. This is called "intersection competition." In field A, you’re top 20%; in field B, you’re also top 20%. This sounds easy. But in the "A+B" intersection field, you’re top 1%, or even the only one. Dan Koe himself is the best example. He understands design (early career as a designer), writing (later practiced copywriting), and philosophy (likes to ponder life). He combines the three to create a unique video style: black-and-white minimalist animation + philosophical narration + hardcore content. There is no competitor like him in the market. Because those better at design lack his depth of thought, and those with his depth of thought lack his design skills. This is the essence of "2": don’t get stuck competing in one lane; create a new lane that belongs to you. Third, the "1" is to solve only one core ultimate problem. This mysterious "1" is not a trendy industry or a big money-making project. It means: solve only "one core" problem. What is this problem? It’s the biggest problem you’ve ever faced, the biggest pit you’ve fallen into. Dan Koe’s entire business empire, seemingly huge and complex, actually has a core logic so simple it’s shocking: all his products, articles, and videos try to save the Dan Koe from two years ago who was lost, anxious, and broke. This is not just a marketing strategy but a profound life philosophy. We always tend to look outward. Research the market, analyze user profiles, guess what young people like now, guess what middle-aged women like. We make ourselves like speculators, constantly trying to read others’ minds. What’s the result? You can’t guess. Human hearts are fickle, markets are unpredictable. Today you follow the trend to make short dramas, tomorrow short dramas are out; the day after you follow AI, and big models eliminate you. Dan Koe tells you: stop guessing. In this world, the only person you can understand 100%, empathize 100%, and know the pain points 100% is yourself. That former you, anxious late at night and unable to sleep, was because of what? That former you, wronged at work but afraid to quit, lacked what ability? That former you, wanting to lose weight but always unable to control your appetite, had what psychological problem? Your pain is the pain of millions. While people’s joys and sorrows may not be shared, their anxieties are highly isomorphic. The detours you took are their "map." The pits you climbed out of are their "stairs." So, the ultimate secret to becoming the top 1% in a field is to turn yourself into a "living specimen." You don’t need to be a world-class expert or win a Nobel Prize. You just need to be two steps ahead of your audience. Being a hundred steps ahead is godlike, too far for mortals. Being two steps ahead is like a senior; seniors’ words are the most listened to. When you make that "1" (your past self) the bullseye of all your output, magical things happen. First, you will never run out of inspiration. You just need to recall, how did I solve this problem back then? What advice did I most want to hear at that time? Your life itself is the biggest source of material. Second, your content becomes extremely sincere. When you write, you think about how to help your former self. Third, you build the strongest moat. Your pain is unique, your epiphany is unique. So, this "1" is your "unique niche market." Don’t look for a niche market; your own problem-solving process and experience is that niche market. Finally Dan Koe once said: "Most people fail because they give up at the darkest moment before dawn." Persist with that "3," hone that "2," and aim at that "1." Time is your friend. As long as you keep pushing in this direction, the compound effect will suddenly explode at some critical point.

Why is financial freedom said to rely on investment rather than work? Mr. Jin said: In his early years on Tianya, there was a legendary post that clearly stated the only main mission in life is divided into two parts. In the first half, you must be like an ascetic, focusing all your energy on accumulating three things: financial capital, cognitive capital, and health capital. Financial capital is the foundation; without principal, nothing else can be discussed. There is no shortcut in this stage; you must save the vast majority of your income and cut all unnecessary expenses. Many people think investment depends on having a large principal, but that’s not true. The key is the speed of accumulation—the faster you save, the earlier the second half begins. Cognitive capital is the direction. The same amount of money in different hands produces completely different results. Some use it to buy financial products with an annual yield of three to four percent, while others understand industry cycles and can double their money in one wave. This difference depends on a deep understanding of the industry, the market, and human nature. The books you read, the trades you review, the money you’ve lost, and the lessons you’ve summarized in the first half are all accumulations of cognitive capital. Health capital is the baseline. This is often overlooked, but it determines how far you can run in the second half. Compound interest requires time, and time requires a healthy body. Many people overextend themselves too much in the first half, and when they really need energy and endurance, they can’t keep up. Having explained the first half, let’s talk about the second half. The only task in the second half is to build a system that belongs to you, whose core feature is that it operates independently of your personal time. This system can be simple, but it must be complete. For example, you divide your funds into several parts: one part is placed in companies with stable long-term dividends, which pay dividends annually, providing basic cash flow. Another part is invested in broad-based indexes, following the overall economy without requiring your judgment. In the long run, the market trends upward; this part ensures your assets won’t shrink due to inflation. The remaining small portion is invested in the fields you know best and feel most confident about, where you make your own judgments and allocations, providing flexibility to the entire portfolio. If it performs well, that’s excess return. The hardest part at this stage is not the technique but the mindset shift. Because you’re used to exchanging labor for pay, suddenly accepting that money grows even when you do nothing can make many people uneasy. But the sooner you adapt, the better. Because after a certain stage, the marginal value of time decreases for you, and no matter how much effort you put into optimizing your salary, the income return is limited.