It's not his genius that's moving, it's his appearance as an ordinary person

Christiana 2022-08-20 20:02:35

When working during the day, look up the relevant provisions and cases in the law on overdue interest, and find disputes about compound interest claims. In the evening, I accidentally watched Buffett's documentary, which mentioned the influence of compound interest theory on him. Although I knew this before, I felt inexplicable when I thought that I was studying the compound interest calculation formula a few hours ago, and then read the introduction in the video. He said in the film that the Carnegie speech class brought him a huge change, and I was surprised at that time. My personal goal this year is to improve my speaking ability, and I have already started to learn and exercise. I became aware of these seemingly unreasonable little correlations, and unwittingly invested more emotional attention.

However, what really made me cry was when the screen went dark after the show ended and Buffett sang Over the rainbow. Four winters ago, when I burst into tears in the subway, this song was played on the subway radio, which made me remember that moment forever. As the graduate student was about to graduate, I was a business intern in a company. I felt that I was just entering the workplace and felt out of place. Some grievances were magnified and I was extremely helpless. This song seems to be especially suitable for ordinary people to listen to when facing difficulties in life. It is gentle, melodious, and flows like a stream. Buffett was only a father when he sang this song. In addition to the vicissitudes of life, he also showed love. This is the song he sang to his daughter. All the talents and achievements are no match for the tenderness to the family.

When looking back on a person's life, what is important is not the achievements, but the things that touch his heart, numbers, thinking, family affection, values, acts of kindness... Use your whole life to uphold your own values ​​and ideas, from this sense It is said that Buffett lives a very pure life, as if he is still the ten-year-old boy, playing his favorite game and enjoying it. If we were in our 80s, the sky was always low, we drove through vast fields every day, and we had a happy family and a prosperous life, would we still play our favorite games? In other words, are there some people who don't know what can really touch them when they are 80 years old?

Everyone is chasing on the road of life, but few people know their preferences and specialties like Buffett when they were young. Most people are coerced by the times and the education system. When we enter the society and encounter obstacles, we think It turned out that he was walking on a completely unfamiliar road, as if he suddenly discovered that his life had been lost for more than ten years. For more than ten years, he had been living in a closed world with a group of people, and he had to fight to be a doorman.

Something about human nature tends to resonate more because it's something everyone experiences. It is difficult for outsiders to understand the world of genius, so it is a wise choice to interpret Buffett from the perspective of ordinary people. It treats Buffett as a fresh ordinary person, an old man, husband, father, and friend. He is a smart, The people around us who are quiet and often live in our own world. It's just that his heart is burning with great enthusiasm, for the cause he loves, and for the game he has chosen.

Some people say that this documentary is very ordinary, and it does not show the genius of the characters and their charitable feelings. I think this is after all a documentary rather than an inspirational film. It does not require the audience to look up at Buffett. It wants you to look up to him, see his excellence and see his imbalance, see his success and see his helplessness . Of course, the length of the film is limited, why should we ask for more? At least he reminded me of my own life as an ordinary audience, had some small thoughts, and felt a kind of inner peace.

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Becoming Warren Buffett quotes

  • Howard Buffett: When he wrote the letter to us, he put something in that letter that was incredibly important to me, which was exactly how our foundation behaves, which is, if you're gonna try to bat a thousand, you won't do very many things that are important. But if you're willing to basically strike out a few times, you can really change something big.

  • Warren Buffett: In my entire lifetime, everything that I've spent will be quite a bit less than one percent of everything I've made. The other 99% plus will go to others, because it has no utility to me.