Charlie Munger, in The Way of Munger, tells the story of an IRS auditor he met a long time ago:
At that time, the auditor came to the blue-chip printing company to do the audit, and the auditor worked for the IRS for 18 years, specializing in investigating cases of tax fraud. All kinds of people he met were all **, and they lied with one mouth.
I've been doing this for 18 years, and no matter who the auditor looks at, he has a fierce light in his eyes, and that look is like a mad dog. This man is very difficult to get along with. I understand him very well. Seeing too much ugliness, it's easy to be hostile to the world around you. I couldn't stand it when I was asked to audit a discredited savings and loan institution and see the executives talking nonsense with their eyes open. How can you not collapse when you have to face scum every day?
*Seeing too much, some supervisors will think that everyone is like **. After working for a long time, some supervisors are reluctant to take it too seriously, and they are really exhausted, so they choose to get by.
When I read this, I laughed for a few seconds, sympathizing with the auditor and the master who coped with the audit. I have been an auditor myself, and I have been audited by auditors, although it is not financially related, but the story mentioned in it is completely understandable.
If a person stays in an industry for a long time, he will form a conditioned reflex and a corresponding psychology. The worse should be the lawyer, such as a divorce lawyer, who may feel that the marriage is broken after working for a long time, and it is even more difficult to believe in the marriage.
It reminds me of a wise quote that Charlie Munger often mentioned: With a hammer in your hand, everything you see feels like a nail.
There was a party when I met a person who was not very familiar, maybe he had seen too many leeks, or he may have been cut many times as leeksLater, everyone changed the topic of chatting, and when he heard everyone talking about not being a writer now, not writing a book, and only writing a text publishing platform to make money, he came again: It's all about cutting leeks!
When I heard him say these two words, I silently blessed him in my heart: May you never throw away the hammer you are holding in your hand.
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