2007-11-05 20:48:58joein
一封好電郵
> 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:
>
(以下摘錄自CNBC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,巴菲特目前已經捐310億美元給慈善機構,他對於人生的一些見解非常有趣)
>
>
> 1.He bought his first share at age 11 and he now
> regrets that he started too late!
>
(他11歲開始買了第一張股票,但現在還是很後悔說他太晚買了!)
>
>
> 2.He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings
> from delivering newspapers.
>
(他14歲時,就用他從小時候送報紙所賺的錢,買了一個小農場.)
>
>
> 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.
>
(他雖然富甲一方,卻仍然住在奧瑪哈小鎮的一棟三房小屋內,那是他結婚50週年後所買的房子.他說他們家什麼都有了啊!
> 他家甚至連圍牆或籬笆都沒有!)
>
> 4.He drives his own car everywhere and does not have
> a driver or security people around him.
> (他都自己開車出門,也沒有請司機或保全人員跟著他.)
>
> 5.He never travels by private jet, although he owns
> the world’s largest private jet company.
>
(他雖然是世界最大的私人噴射客機公司的老闆,但卻從來沒有搭私人飛機旅行過.)
>
>
> 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.
> (他公司 Berkshire
>
Hathaway,旗下擁有63家企業.他每年只寫一封信給這些企業的總裁,把今年的營運目標告訴他們.他從來不曾定期主持或召開會議,他給這些總裁們的守則只有以下兩條
>
> Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share
> holder’s money.
> (守則一:不要讓公司的投資人虧錢)
> Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
> (守則二: 不要忘記守則一)
>
> 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.
>
(他不太跟群眾交際應酬.下班後主要活動就是弄一點爆米花來吃吃
> ,跟看看電視.)
>
> 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.
>
(五年前世界首富比爾蓋茲第一次跟巴菲特見面,他覺得他跟巴菲特根本沒有什麼共同點,所以他只排了半個小時跟巴菲特會談.但當他們見面後,一共談了10個小時,從此之後,比爾蓋茲開始變成巴菲特的忠實信徒,獻身慈善事業.)
>
>
> 9.Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone,nor has
> a computer on his desk.
> (巴菲特不帶手機,桌上有沒電腦.)
>
> His advice to young people:’Stay away from credit
> cards and invest in yourself and Remember:
> 他給時下年輕人的建議是「遠離信用卡的物慾,
> 多投資自己.」 並且牢記:
>
> A.Money doesn’t create man but it is the man who
> created money.
> (錢是人創造出來的,但是錢不會創造人.)
>
> B .Live your life as simple as you are.
> (過你自己想過的簡單生活吧!)
>
> C.Don’t do what others say, just listen them, but do
> what you feel good
>
(別人說的話聽聽可以,但不一定要照做,做你自己覺得很棒的事.)
>
>
> D .Don’t go on brand name; just wear those things in
> which u feel comfortable.
> (別走入名牌的迷思,穿你覺得舒服的服飾即可.)
>
> E.Don’t waste your money on unnecessary things; just
> spend on them who really in need rather.
>
(與其把錢花在不必要的事情上,倒不如把錢花在真正需要的地方.)
>
>
> F.After all it’s your life then why give chance to
> others to rule our life.
>
(總而言之,這是你的人生,幹嘛讓其他人來指揮你的人生呢?)
>
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