Poor Charlie's Almanack
by Charlie Munger
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Jan 2026 on My First Million.
The general take
Sam Parr finds Poor Charlie's Almanack frustratingly boring despite thinking he should love it on paper—he's tried reading it multiple times but gets bogged down in anecdotes like stories about Charlie's grandkids that don't engage him.
About
From the legendary vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, lessons in investment strategy, philanthropy, and living a rational and ethical life. “Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up,” Charles T. Munger advises in Poor Charlie’s Almanack . Originally published in 2005, this compendium of eleven talks delivered by the legendary Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman between 1986 and 2007 has become a touchstone for a generation of investors and entrepreneurs seeking to absorb the enduring wit and wisdom of one of the great minds of the 20th and 21st centuries. Edited by Peter D. Kaufman, chairman and CEO of Glenair and longtime friend of Charlie Munger—whom he calls “this generation’s answer to Benjamin Franklin”—this abridged Stripe Press edition of Poor Charlie’s Almanack features a brand-new foreword by Stripe cofounder John Collison.
Who said what
Sam Parr👎 Not a fan
…discussing difficulty reading dense investment and philosophy books by charlie munger
“I have like tried to read Poor Charlie's Almanac like five different times and I just find it incredibly boring. But now that I think about it... Yeah. I'm like, I should love this. On paper, everything about this, I should love it. And then you read it and it's like, I'm reading about Charlie's grandkid. Do I care about this? No, no, no.”
My First Million — The best stuff we’ve read in the last 12 monthsat 35:40
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