Don't Make Big Mistakes Rule–The Underrated Key to Career Longevity

Most career advice is about optimization—how to be more productive, more visible, more strategic. But Charlie Munger, the late billionaire investor and Warren Buffett’s intellectual partner, had a different approach: “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.” In other words, don’t chase brilliance—just avoid catastrophe.