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description: "7 Principles of Investment:1. Avoid risk of ruin.Preserve capital, avoid going to zero.2. Play long term game.Only play long-term positive-sum games.3. Build compounding.Accumulate cognitive compounding and time compounding.4. Find truth, hold firm.Seek truth and wisdom, believe firmly and act resolutely.5. Focus on priority.Focus on the most important things.6. Invert, always invert.Think in reverse, always think in reverse.7. Seek asymmetry.Seek asymmetric opportunities."
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# 7 Principles of Investment:1. Avoid risk of ruin.P…