Strategy as subtraction
Charlie Munger
An investor known for multidisciplinary reasoning and examining problems from the opposite direction. His method is useful without copying his personality.
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CMCAA / 06
CORE FRAMEWORK · ORIGINAL SUMMARY
Invert the problem: identify what guarantees failure and remove those conditions.
Reverse-engineer. Don’t idolize.
What the herd copied
Bluntness and collections of clever models.
What actually worked
Cross-disciplinary checks and avoidance of predictable mistakes.
What survives
Use inversion as a decision test, not an identity.
Use it Monday at work
Make a company decision.
Pre-mortem a company launch. Remove one avoidable failure condition before approving spend.
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