One of the benefits of Covid was the opportunity to meet Charlie Munger. First over a zoom call with a handful of other amazing entrepreneurs and then through some one on one zooms and finally an in person meeting at his home in LA.
Charlie has bestowed upon me so many great philosophies of living a great life. Chief among them was an understanding of how expectations play such a enormous role in one's happiness. Holding a high bar for my self while also lowering (managing) daily expectations is a great balance for reaching great achievements, while also allowing myself grace to under perform along the learning process. Also, a great love for Ben Franklin, and studying the "greats" who have had such an amazing impact on how life is lived today in the United States. I always loved that most people go to Charlie with questions about business or investing and his first piece of life advice, in almost every conversation I was apart of, was the importance of choosing the right spouse. "You want financial advice", he'd say, "don't get divorced." Always the simplifier.
Rest in peace Charlie, thank you for sharing your wisdom with all of us.