The thoughts of others
Were light and fleeting,Of lovers’ meeting
Or luck or fame.
Mine were of trouble,
And mine were steady,
So I was ready
When trouble came.
-- A.E. Housman
Charlie Munger: "You can say, who wants to go through life anticipating trouble? Well, I did. All my life I’ve gone through life anticipating trouble. And here I am, going along in my 84th year and like Epictetus, I've had a favored life. It didn’t make me unhappy to anticipate trouble all the time and be ready to perform adequately if trouble came. It didn’t hurt me at all. In fact it helped me." More here and here.
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