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An Unusual Man
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Article Overview: An example of living contrary to expectations.
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An Unusual Man
Warren Buffet is an unusual man. I guess any man with $40 billion to his
name is unusual, and giving away $37 billion of that to charity is
absolutely unique. Not to mention that he has created an investment
company with shares valued at over $100 000 – each!
But what in my mind makes Buffet unusual is his determination to live
life according to his values and not bend to expectations of what a
person in his position should do or be like.
Despite his vast wealth, he lives in a modest home and all his life
has been disciplined about spending. His children didn’t go to fee
paying schools and they were brought up in very ordinary circumstances –
and they will not inherit a fortune from Dad. Buffet’s philosophy is
that you should give a child everything he needs to do what he wants,
but never enough that he will never have to do anything.
In a culture where wealth is equated with ostentatious living and
wastefulness is encouraged, Warren Buffet goes against the grain. He has
decided how he wants to live, what he wants to be and what values are
important. He hasn’t succumbed to the expectations of the wealthy, and
that is what makes him so unique and so successful.
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