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Yes. It is a post by the head of a small investment firm simply trying to align themselves with the halo of Charlie Munger. Also this in particular is particul
by gist 3y ago
Yes. It is a post by the head of a small investment firm simply trying to align themselves with the halo of Charlie Munger.
Also this in particular is particularly ridiculous:
"It’s a fair bet that your present troubles pale in comparison.
Whatever it is, get over it. Start over. He did it. You can, too."
First that's quite a bit of an assumption. After all divorce and a medical problem (like Charlie had) as well as a child dying IS something you can get over. There are people that for sure have much worse situations than that. But even if that was not the case it's never a good idea to frame someone's problems by comparing to something worse that someone got through.
You are upset that you have let's say diabetes? Oh get over it 'it's not cancer'.
You have cancer? Oh get over it it could be pancreatic cancer.
And so on.
Many problems you can't just 'get over'. (Addiction and mental health issues holding you back are just 2 examples)
- dsubburam 3y agoReminds me of the non-obvious tacks David Brooks[1] suggests to encourage depressed friends: --praise them for the fight they have been managing so far --tell them that their talents are being looked forward to by others/the world when they manage to recover [1]Paraphrasing from memory of a podcast interview he did with Andrew Sullivan ~a month back.
- trogdor 3y ago>Many problems you can't just 'get over'. (Addiction and mental health issues holding you back are just 2 examples) You can’t just wish away addiction, but many people can get help and leave addiction in their past. I did.
- obmelvin 3y agoI really don't understand the notion that people should be able to just get over their child dying, but addiction is something you can't just get over? I'm not trying to downplay addiction, but let's be real - people can overcome addiction, but we can't bring back our dead family members.