There are days,
I feel like I am being swept into an invisible machine:
Glancing at a new opportunity — my heart immediately races.
Hearing an optimal strategy — my brain automatically switches to calculation mode.
Meeting someone who is "doing it" — my limbs want to jump up to catch up.
It feels as if…
if I don't act right now,
I will miss out on my own life.
And Mr. Munger gives me a kick in the behind:
"People today are too competitive.
They want to do everything that can be done – as long as it is beneficial.
But we need something... more than that."
I reflect on it.
And I see myself
like someone building a very tall building,
on ground that I have never carefully examined.
I am running very fast.
But am I sure I have clearly seen the destination?
In a world where everything is measured by benefit,
we easily forget one very simple thing:
Just being able to do it doesn't mean it should be done.
Charlie doesn't tell us to stop acting.
He just gently reminds:
Carefully choose what you will do.
Choose what is worth living.
Choose what has lasting value.
Choose the path that helps me become deeper,
not just simply more efficient.
I begin to reflect
on the projects I dived into just because they were "beneficial."
And ask myself deeply:
"Does it make me live more authentically?"
The answer...
Not everything is always pleasant.
I decide to do a small exercise –
but it hurts a little:
"3 things I am doing just because they are beneficial."
With each thing, I ask again:
– Does this help me stay true to myself?
– If it brings no benefit, will I still do it?
– If I discard this, will I feel lighter?
I do not oppose competition.
But I do not want to become a tool
only knowing how to run — and forgetting
why I started running in the first place.
Success, sometimes,
is not about doing a lot of things.
But it lies in
dare to stop —
and choose one single thing
that makes me live truly and deeply.
Because just being able to do it doesn't mean it should be done.
Choose to do something
because it makes you the person that,
later when looking back,
you truly respect yourself.