Best advice I've ever heard
Investment tycoon Warren Buffet is the world's second-richest person, behind only Bill Gates. In an interview, his grand-daughter said she never relied on her family's fortune and had been financially independent as an artist since college. Rather than wealth, she inherited from her grandmother, Susan Buffet, the following 5 principles of life:
1. Show up
2. Tell the truth
3. Pay attention
4. Do your best
5. Don't get attached to the outcome
I have never seen more simple, succinct and universal advice on life. And I can think of few situations in life in which these principles do not apply. The principles help a person form a powerful – and very American – attitude. This attitude promotes proaction, reduces obstacles and increases competitiveness of any effort, regardless of the outcome. Before wisdom so simple and true, my elaboration seems wordy and inarticulate.
Among the other principles, "Tell the truth" almost belongs to its own category. The other principles can be seen as best practices of how one should act in situations, while "tell the truth" is more of a moral preference. Why is telling the truth so important? When we take away the principle about truth, do the principles still stand?
I don't no.1 enough and often screw up because I don't no.3. No.5 is what I am learning and appreciating at the moment.
1. Show up
2. Tell the truth
3. Pay attention
4. Do your best
5. Don't get attached to the outcome
I have never seen more simple, succinct and universal advice on life. And I can think of few situations in life in which these principles do not apply. The principles help a person form a powerful – and very American – attitude. This attitude promotes proaction, reduces obstacles and increases competitiveness of any effort, regardless of the outcome. Before wisdom so simple and true, my elaboration seems wordy and inarticulate.
Among the other principles, "Tell the truth" almost belongs to its own category. The other principles can be seen as best practices of how one should act in situations, while "tell the truth" is more of a moral preference. Why is telling the truth so important? When we take away the principle about truth, do the principles still stand?
I don't no.1 enough and often screw up because I don't no.3. No.5 is what I am learning and appreciating at the moment.
I'm touched by those 5 prinicples. It is a very difficult task!-- to conclude 5 rules in your life.
ReplyDeleteI remembered I saw TV "Grey's Anatomy" 6 months ago. It bought up a scenerio that a mother is going to die, but she did not tell her teenage daughter anything about it. Her M.O, warned her privately that, if she continued to blind her daughter from this, her daughter may hate her for the rest of her life. Do u know what she told her daugther?
1. treat yourself good.
2. if u choose a man to marry, choose the one who can communicate well with his family.
3. if the man ask you to live with his mother after married, Dumb the man.
4. Not to cry unless necessary.
5. Remember mom always love you.
10 years ago, I think "Ethics"/ 德育 is not anything worth to learn. But as i grow older, I found that they are the basic "beliefs" to live on. What can you tell after 10 more years?