“You should ask yourself who you’d want to spend the last day of your life with, and then figure out how to meet them, like tomorrow.” - Warren Buffett
"You have to make space in your life for meeting new people". Spot on. It's not always convenient or comfortable, and you never know in advance what'll happen (and it sometimes takes years to 'pay off'!) but it's always worthwhile having some sort of system and discipline to meet new people.
There's a book by Max Gunther called 'How to Get Lucky' (pub 1986). His 13th technique is 'Destiny Pairing' which addresses this point about finding a partner. (He doesn't look at Warren and Charlie, but he looks at some others, including Proctor and Gamble.)
I like the idea of increasing your luck surface area. I always try to fulfil requests of people who reach out to me. I never articulated it this way, but in a sense, I suppose that's exactly what I'm looking for: A 'Munger' or a 'Buffett.'
"But that’s just the tangible “return on relationship” if you will. What is at least as important are the decades of shared friendship, learning, and joy."
"You have to make space in your life for meeting new people". Spot on. It's not always convenient or comfortable, and you never know in advance what'll happen (and it sometimes takes years to 'pay off'!) but it's always worthwhile having some sort of system and discipline to meet new people.
There's a book by Max Gunther called 'How to Get Lucky' (pub 1986). His 13th technique is 'Destiny Pairing' which addresses this point about finding a partner. (He doesn't look at Warren and Charlie, but he looks at some others, including Proctor and Gamble.)
I like the idea of increasing your luck surface area. I always try to fulfil requests of people who reach out to me. I never articulated it this way, but in a sense, I suppose that's exactly what I'm looking for: A 'Munger' or a 'Buffett.'
"But that’s just the tangible “return on relationship” if you will. What is at least as important are the decades of shared friendship, learning, and joy."
Beautiful.