The best Charlie Munger videos on YouTube

Want timeless wisdom about investing and life? Watch these videos.

Jan 26, 2021

Dear CMQ Investors,

I want to share five of my favorite Charlie Munger videos with you. They are packed with wisdom. I hope you enjoy.

P.S. The CMQ Investing podcast will be available on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube on February 1st. We are aiming to post a new episode every week. If you haven’t heard our initial two episodes, you can listen using the links below:

🎧 Episode: Compounding Your Way To Wealth
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📺 - A Conversation with Distinguished Alumnus Charles T. Munger

Published: December 17, 2020
Fun Fact: The reason this wasn’t in-person was due to the pandemic. I wish the interviewer asked Charlie about his thoughts on Zoom (ZM). 😂

“The companies of America behave more like biology than they do anything else. In biology, all the individuals die and so do all the species. It's just a question of time. And that's pretty well what happens in the economy, too.”

📺 - Inner Conversations with the Titans

Published: May 4, 2020
Fun Fact: The other two gentlemen being interviewed are Stewart Resnick, the wealthiest farmer in the United States, and Richard Riordan*, the former mayor of Los Angeles. Charlie’s personality is on full display in this one; he is much more talkative compared to his ‘persona’ at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meetings.

*Riordan’s name is spelled wrong in the video title. I triple-checked.

“My whole method of operation is just to avoid asininity. I don’t succeed 100% of the time, but I succeed more than most.”

📺 - Charlie Munger speaks with Becky Quick

Published: May 4, 2012
Fun Fact: Becky Quick is my go-to pick for interviewing Charlie Munger.

“I think civilized people don't buy gold; they invest in productive businesses.”

📺 - A Conversation with Charlie Munger

Published: March 22, 2011
Fun Fact: I remember stopping in my tracks when I heard Charlie say the quote that I highlighted below:

“The best way to get what you want in life is just to deserve what you want. How could it be otherwise? It's not crazy enough so that the world is looking for a lot of undeserving people to reward.”

📺 - The 2008 Lee A. DuBridge Distinguished Visitor Lecture

Published: March 11, 2008
Fun Fact: The original version was removed by Caltech (not sure why), but thankfully someone saved it.

“This process that I’ve gone through life doing—of identifying folly and trying to avoid it—has worked wonderfully for me.”

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