From one piece Interview with Peter Bevelin, author of Seeking Wisdom (Value Investing World, 2007) 7 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Most people could do the learning behind such a book; it takes curiosity and real interest, not special talentTheir words
Most people can do what I did. I am not especially smart or talented. It just takes curiosity and real interest.
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Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoffTheir words
Usually I don’t like to answer these questions, not because I don’t believe that the basic insight into how things work will not pay off at some time, but because I believe that acquiring insight is in itself a worthwhile effort.
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Some disciplines are more reliable than others, such as those describing experimentally tested ideasTheir words
Also, some disciplines are more reliable than others. For example, disciplines describing experimentally tested ideas, concepts and principles.
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I favor ideas that explain a whole range of phenomena.
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Focus on understanding useful, important and correct general ideas and their applicationsTheir words
Understand an idea’s meaning and applications. Focus on useful and obviously important and correct general ideas, concepts and principles.
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Learning starts with observing reality and learning the core concepts that account for itTheir words
Look around you – observe reality. What can explain this? Learn some core concepts that account for reality.
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Not all decisions are important, yet some people spend more time on trivial choices than on life-changing onesTheir words
Also remember that all decisions aren’t important. Some people spend more time making a judgment on what TV to buy or where to go on vacation than a life-changing decision like marriage.