<FONT color=#494949><FONT size=2>There was a one-hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life: (</FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">以下摘錄自 </FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CNBC <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">電視台對世界排名第二的富豪華倫巴菲特所做的一小時專訪 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">巴菲特目前已經捐 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">310 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">億美元給慈善機構 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他對於人生的一些見解非常有趣 <FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">) 1.He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he ? started too late! ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">11 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">歲開始買了第一張股票 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">但現在還是很後悔說他太晚買了 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">!) 2.He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">14 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">歲時 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">就用他從小時候送報紙所賺的錢 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">買了一個小農場 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) 3.He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他雖然富甲一方 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">卻仍然住在奧瑪哈小鎮的一棟三房小屋內 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">那是他結婚 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">50 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">週年後所買的房子 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他說他們家什麼都有了啊 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">! <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他家甚至連圍牆或籬笆都沒有 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">!) 4.He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他都自己開車出門 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">也沒有請司機或保全人員跟著他 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) 5.He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world’s largest private jet company. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他雖然是世界最大的私人噴射客機公司的老闆 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">但卻從來沒有搭私人飛機旅行過 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) 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 them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO’s only two rules. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他公司 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Berkshire Hathaway, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">旗下擁有 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">63 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">家企業 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他每年只寫一封信給這些企業的總裁 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">把今年的營運目標告訴他們 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他從來不曾定期主持或召開會議 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他給這些總裁們的守則只有以下兩條 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder’s money. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">守則一 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">不要讓公司的投資人虧錢 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> ) Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">守則二 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">不要忘記守則一 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">) 7.He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他不太跟群眾交際應酬 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">下班後主要活動就是弄一點爆米花來吃吃 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">跟看看電視 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) 8.Bill Gates, the world’s richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">五年前世界首富比爾蓋茲第一次跟巴菲特見面 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他覺得他跟巴菲特根本沒有什麼共同點 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">所以他只排了半個小時跟巴菲特會談 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">但當他們見面後 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">一共談了 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">10 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">個小時 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">從此之後 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">比爾蓋茲開始變成巴菲特的忠實信徒 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <SPAN>, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">獻身慈善事業 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) 9.Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone,nor has a computer on his desk. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">巴菲特不帶手機 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">桌上有沒電腦 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) His advice to young people:”Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and Remember: <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">他給時下年輕人的建議是「遠離信用卡的物慾 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">多投資自己並且牢記」 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> A.Money doesn’t create man but it is the man who created money. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">錢是人創造出來的 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">但是錢不會創造人 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) B.Live your life as simple as you are. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">過你自己想過的簡單生活吧 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">!) C.Don’t do what others say, just listen them, but do what you feel good ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">別人說的話聽聽可以 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">但不一定要照做 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">做你自己覺得很棒的事 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) D.Don’t go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">別走入名牌的迷思 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">穿你覺得舒服的服飾即可 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) E.Don’t waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">與其把錢花在不必要的事情上 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">倒不如把錢花在真正需要的地方 </FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) F.After all it’s your life then why give chance to others to rule our life. ( <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">總而言之 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">這是你的人生 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949">幹嘛讓其他人來指揮你的人生呢 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> ?) </FONT> <FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </FONT> |