Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with confucius great wisdom . A who was committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is committing other 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 other’s but also from the philosophy of super-investors and berkshire hathaway vice chairman charla munger. A man whose simplicity and clarity of thought was an equal to anything Bevelin had seen. In addition to Naturalist Charles Darwin and Munger, Bevelin cites an encyclopedic range 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 reasearch findings from many different fields, This books 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 exmplars of clear thinking and attained wisdom, Beverlin focuses on how our thoughts are influenced, why we make misjudgments and tools to improve our thinking. Beverlin 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 act in business and in life..
