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Get a piece of paper.
Fold it, once.
Look at it carefully.
Fold it, once more.
Now think.
What would the height of the paper be after 25 more folds?
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Fold it, once.
Look at it carefully.
Fold it, once more.
Now think.
What would the height of the paper be after 25 more folds?
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Answer: 13421 metres.
For context, Mount Everest is less than 9000 metres tall.
Just 27 folds in order to make the paper taller than the tallest point on Earth.
For context, Mount Everest is less than 9000 metres tall.
Just 27 folds in order to make the paper taller than the tallest point on Earth.
15 more folds?
Our paper reaches the moon.
1 more?
Moon and back.
Our paper reaches the moon.
1 more?
Moon and back.
94 folds of our paper?
The length of our entire observable universe.
The length of our entire observable universe.
All this to say,
COMPOUNDING is an extremely powerful tool.
COMPOUNDING is an extremely powerful tool.
Charlie Munger 
“The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily”
“The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily”
So, compound away!
And never, ever stop.
And never, ever stop.
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