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Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius' great wisdom: "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake." Seeking Wisdom is the result of Bevelin's learning about attaining wisdom. His quest for wisdom originated partly from making mistakes himself and observing those of others but also from the philosophy of super-investor and Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charles Munger. A man whose simplicity and clarity of thought was unequal to anything Bevelin had seen. In addition to naturalist Charles Darwin and Munger, Bevelin cites an encyclopedic range of thinkers: from first-century BCE Roman poet Publius Terentius to Mark Twain—from Albert Einstein to Richard Feynman—from 16th Century French essayist Michel de Montaigne to Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett. In the book, he describes ideas and research findings from many different fields. This book is for those who love the constant search for knowledge. It is in the spirit of Charles Munger, who says, "All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." There are roads that lead to unhappiness. An understanding of how and why we can "die" should help us avoid them. We can't eliminate mistakes, but we can prevent those that can really hurt us. Using exemplars of clear thinking and attained wisdom, Bevelin focuses on how our thoughts are influenced, why we make misjudgments and tools to improve our thinking. Bevelin tackles such eternal questions as: Why do we behave like we do? What do we want out of life? What interferes with our goals? Read and study this wonderful multidisciplinary exploration of wisdom. It may change the way you think and act in business and in life.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ PCA Publications L.L.C.
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2007
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 3rd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1578644283
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1578644285
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.8 x 6.3 x 9.5 inches
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Customers find this book to be an amazing compilation of wisdom, particularly useful for understanding human nature. Moreover, the book is well-written and worth reading multiple times, with customers noting it's worth exponentially more than its purchase price. However, the writing quality receives mixed feedback, with several customers finding it impossible to read.

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Customers find this book insightful, describing it as an amazing compilation of wisdom that helps understand human nature and provides great nuggets of information.

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"This book is full of wisdom and it hard to digest all at one time. you need to go slow and let it process in your system and reread to get wiser." Read more

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Customers find the book well written and worth reading multiple times, with one customer describing it as a "ridiculously good distillation of principles."

"...Page for page, it is one of the most densely insightful books I have ever read; and it’s essentially a distillation of wisdom and knowledge from..." Read more

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Customers find the book worth exponentially more than its purchase price.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
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    Similar to Charles P’s review below, I am almost ashamed it took me so long to discover this book. Page for page, it is one of the most densely insightful books I have ever read; and it’s essentially a distillation of wisdom and knowledge from some of history’s greatest minds into a single book. There’s a great quote by Johnny Uzan where he said, “A great book takes years to write but only hours to read. The reader nets the difference.” The net wisdom/knowledge benefit from this book makes it worth exponentially more than its purchase price, and I recommend it anytime anyone asks me the question, “What are your favorite books?” You will be a better and wiser person for having read this special book. Guaranteed.
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2014
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    I give this book 5 stars not because this is one of the best books I have read but because this is one of the best summary of ideas I ingested in last 2 years. I don't know how a casual reader with no prior exposure to topics covered in the book would ingest the densely packed material but if you are an ardent reader in topics such as decision science, finance and probability this book is nothing but a collection of ideas from these areas. If you have read 'Thinking, Fast and Slow', 50% of seeking wisdom would be redundant for you. If you have read 'The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives' another 25% of the material in the book would be redundant. If you have taken a Master's level course in finance & investing or have worked in financial markets, another 15% of the material would be redundant for you. In rare cases, if you have read books such as 'The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics' and 'The Flaw of Averages: Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty', whatever 10% stuff is left in the book would be repetitive. If you have read all the stuff mentioned above, this book is a good refresher of important concepts. If you haven't read the books mentioned above, this book may be nothing more than a text scratching the surface of tons of concepts. On that note, the book somehow is self contradictory where it talks about seeking wisdom but does exactly what prevents us from seeking it, i.e. shallow reading.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2013
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    Although I write about "Life", it took a lot of convincing by the Farnam Street Blog to convince me to buy it at that price.

    But it is worth far, far, far more than the relatively miniscule price - and it is worth reading many times.

    And it is worth implementing into your life - for what value is reading other than to create value itself! The value that can be derived from this book will, in my opinion, be beyond that of at least most of the books you've read - combined.

    It has so much great content that I made a page on my key website (in the search engine next week) so that I could derive all the value out of it for myself, and hopefully help a few others along the way (which is the purpose of the site).

    And, yes, it has some rather deep and analytical parts to it that take some concentration and attention. Those might be skipped on the initial reading, but I would recommend going back and reading them - and converting them (if they seem to be about investing or other seeming "non-life" topics) into truths about life.

    Buy it. Read it. You will never regret buying it.

    And you'll be able to get so much out of it for your own life, along with the great value you will undoubtedly give to others from how you live your life and what you share.

    KahunaKeith
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
    This book is full of wisdom and it hard to digest all at one time. you need to go slow and let it process in your system and reread to get wiser.
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2024
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    What I liked - I received exactly what I ordered in better condition than I expected.
    What I didn't like - it took 2 weeks for the book to be delivered.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2024
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024
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    As an avid reader i am shocked it took so long for me to come across this book. Its packed with methods on how to be more rational and make better choices. I bought the authors other books as well.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015
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    As Charlie Munger (Partner to Warren Buffett & Vice Chairman – Berkshire Hathaway) says ‘All I want to know is where I am going to die, so I’ll never go there’. This book ‘Seeking Wisdom’ is in search of this wisdom. Peter Bevelin has written a mind blowing book on how to avoid the roads that lead to unhappiness. At its core this book focuses on why we make misjudgements and how we can avoid them by thinking better and more importantly rationally.

    Peter Bevelin has read extensively on variety of disciplines and this book is a culmination of what he has learned all these years by reading the best minds. The book is so rich that it should be included in the school curricula. What a head start it would be for a teenager to learn all these wisdom!! The bibliography is very rich as well.

    Do yourself a favour; read this book and have everyone in your family read it as well.
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  • Antonino
    5.0 out of 5 stars Libro molto interessante
    Reviewed in Italy on September 10, 2018
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Un libro che anche con esempi pratici racconta come le persone si comportano in relazione a ciò che credono di sapere. Utile da leggere e approfondire per chi vuole imparare a pensare senza essere influenzato da credenze limitanti. Raggiungerò la saggezza suprema? Non lo so, ma credo che questo libro mi aiuterà ad avere una forma mentis più equilibrata. Lo sto leggendo anche per migliorare l'inglese. Arrivato in ottime condizioni
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  • Mohamed
    1.0 out of 5 stars Sans intérêt
    Reviewed in France on November 17, 2019
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    Ceci n’est pas vraiment un livre, mais une compilation de citations de M. Buffet et M. Munger avec des commentaires ...
  • Laci
    5.0 out of 5 stars Quality information, but a bit short
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2019
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    The theme of the book is making decisions. Why people make mistakes and how to make better decisions and more accurate predictions. Most examples are investment related.

    It appears to be a good overview on decision making. That is pretty much all of the sections are both true and insightful. However it could have been organised a bit better, some sections could be next to each other or under the same heading, also some content seems to be in the wrong section. It appears the author focused only on ideas he knows to be useful and he understands. (Meaning the contents are true, but incomplete)

    The problem with the book is that it's too short. It seems each section is just quickly describing an idea with 0 - 2 examples before the next one starts. The problem is, that with so few examples and quick description, you will not understand the concepts if they are new to you and you can't find more real life examples yourself. It is exacerbated by the large number of quotes used (which take up much of the space). I think it should be 2-3x longer to better explain each concept.
  • Unsatisfied Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Summary of Key Insights
    Reviewed in Canada on April 22, 2025
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Great concept to distill some of the insights from the greatest minds. I read this after I was familiar with philosophy, and had had several self improvement/knowledge books under my belt and found this book was a wonderful summary with great quotes to draw from and marinade on. This book took me awhile to read because I put it down every few pages to jot down some notes. Dense and approachable. I’d recommend.
  • Cliente Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bueno
    Reviewed in Spain on March 13, 2019
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Brillante recopilación de conceptos con aportaciones de frases por parte de munger y Buffett.