BY CYNAID CREE
Just the other day I was staring blankly at the tv and I just thought..Can you imagine how much money we just spend on experiences.We pay money to go to the movies.After you watch the movie what happens?Its just stored in our brain.All humans do is process this information thats just being viewed and payed for.When you think about it you actually paid money for an experience and the emotion that comes with it. Even taking your family out to a fast food restaurant,its a simple experience and memory to treasure but its still paid for.We pay for expensive clothes,shoes,gadgets,cars just so that we can feel a certain emotion that comes with it.When you think about it its really strange how humans behave.Of course theres the basic things that we need but then we are always chasing the next new thing.This behaviour has become erradical,adding things to our life that we dont really need.
What about all the things that exists in front of you.The birds that visit everyday on a tree near your kitchen window.Writing your name on a misty car window.The smell of your favourite food being cooked in the kitchen by your mum or even listening to the voice of your partner on the other end of the telephone.Memories and experiences will live with you till your golden years but you want to make sure its the memories that will make you smile and shed a tear.You dont want to grow old thinking you spent all this time on the internet tweeting and counting how many likes you had on a page or comment or who sent you an email on your mobile.To create RICH memories and experiences to the fullest,we have to go back to minimal.No pun intended:D
Theres one man who I admire so much who is a great example of how we should be living.The second richest man in the world,Warren Buffet who donated $31 billion dollars to charity.No wonder he is so rich because he is so generous too.The way he lives his life is so down to earth he definitely knows how to really live life to the fullest.
Just the other day I was staring blankly at the tv and I just thought..Can you imagine how much money we just spend on experiences.We pay money to go to the movies.After you watch the movie what happens?Its just stored in our brain.All humans do is process this information thats just being viewed and payed for.When you think about it you actually paid money for an experience and the emotion that comes with it. Even taking your family out to a fast food restaurant,its a simple experience and memory to treasure but its still paid for.We pay for expensive clothes,shoes,gadgets,cars just so that we can feel a certain emotion that comes with it.When you think about it its really strange how humans behave.Of course theres the basic things that we need but then we are always chasing the next new thing.This behaviour has become erradical,adding things to our life that we dont really need.
What about all the things that exists in front of you.The birds that visit everyday on a tree near your kitchen window.Writing your name on a misty car window.The smell of your favourite food being cooked in the kitchen by your mum or even listening to the voice of your partner on the other end of the telephone.Memories and experiences will live with you till your golden years but you want to make sure its the memories that will make you smile and shed a tear.You dont want to grow old thinking you spent all this time on the internet tweeting and counting how many likes you had on a page or comment or who sent you an email on your mobile.To create RICH memories and experiences to the fullest,we have to go back to minimal.No pun intended:D
Theres one man who I admire so much who is a great example of how we should be living.The second richest man in the world,Warren Buffet who donated $31 billion dollars to charity.No wonder he is so rich because he is so generous too.The way he lives his life is so down to earth he definitely knows how to really live life to the fullest.
Here are some interesting aspects of his life:
1.- He bought his first share at age 11 and now regrets that he started too late.
3.- He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in Omaha that he bought after he married 50 years ago. He says he has everything he needs in that house. His house has no fence or gate.
4.- He drives his own car everywhere and does not carry a driver or bodyguard.
6.- His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls regularly.
7.- He has given his CEO’s only two rules:
8.- He does not socialize with people of high society. His pastime after he gets home is to prepare some popcorn and watch television.
9.- Bill Gates, the world’s richest man met him 5 years ago. Bill Gates thought he had nothing in common with Warren Buffett. So he had scheduled the meeting for only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffett.
10.- His advice to young people:
Stay away from credit card and invest in yourself.
Stay away from credit card and invest in yourself.
Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk
Dont you love rule number 10.Invest in yourself and I dont always think it means monetary.It can also be taking care of yourself in health and when you do this you can take care of others too.
Make sure when you find that someone special in your life you dont get caught up in the rat race of life and you have time to snuggle with popcorn in front of the tv or find time to act silly:)Those memories are priceless!!!!
source:
http://www.theuglycow.net/financial-advice/warren-buffett-the-second-richest-man-in-the-world-who-donated-31-billion-dollars-to-charity/
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