Include the why
I recently stumbled upon an interesting speech from 1984 by Charlie Munger of Bershire Hathaway fame. Charlie is Warren Buffet’s right-hand-man, and a straight talking genius in his own right. It’s a fairly long speech and Charlie has a few very interesting things to say, but one particular section on ‘explaining the why’ really struck home. Here’s a brief quote: ….if you always tell people why, they’ll understand it better, they’ll consider it more important, and they’ll be more likely…