When you go into your customary barber shop, you will wait for the man who gives you a little better shave, a little trimmer hair-cut. Business leaders are looking for the same things in their offices that you look for in the barber shop. - Charles M. Schwab
Don't be afraid of imperilling your health by giving a few extra hours to the company that pays your salary! - Charles M. Schwab
Young men may enjoy dropping their work at five or six o'clock and slipping into a dress suit for an evening of pleasure; but the habit has certain drawbacks. - Charles M. Schwab
I have always felt that the surest way to qualify for the job just ahead is to work a little harder than any one else on the job one is holding down. - Charles M. Schwab
I am not a believer in large salaries. I hold that every man should be paid for personal production. Our big men at Bethlehem seldom get salaries of over one hundred dollars a week; but all of them receive bonuses computed entirely on the efficiencies and the economies registered in their departments. - Charles M. Schwab
What we must seek is a plan by which the men will receive high wages when the employers are receiving high prices for the product. - Charles M. Schwab
The difference between a good business and a bad business is that good businesses throw up one easy decision after another. The bad businesses throw up painful decisions time after time. - Charlie Munger
Invert, always invert: Turn a situation or problem upside down. Look at it backward. - Charlie Munger
Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets and can be lost in a heartbeat. - Charlie Munger
We just keep our heads down and handle the headwinds and tailwinds as best we can, and take the result after a period of years. - Charlie Munger
Obviously if you want to get good at something which is competitive, you have to think about it and practice a lot. You have to keep learning because the world keeps changing and competitors keep learning. - Charlie Munger
All intelligent investing is value investing, acquiring more than you are paying for. You must value the business in order to value the stock. - Charlie Munger
I paid no attention to the territorial boundaries of academic disciplines and I just grabbed all the big ideas that I could. - Charlie Munger
You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas. - Charlie Munger
If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group, then to hell with them. - Charlie Munger
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