The Tao of Warren
Buffett
(一本尚未在国内出版的小书)
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December 26, 2006
Mrs. Businesspundit gave me The Tao
of Warren Buffett for Christmas. It's short and I read the entire
thing yesterday between family gatherings. Each page has a Buffett
saying, along with a paragraph or two of explanation. I liked the
book so much I wanted to share some of my favorite Buffettisms in
this post.
You can't
make a good deal with a bad person.
It's easier
to stay out of trouble than it is to get out of
trouble.
The market,
like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the
Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they
do.
My idea of
a group decision is to look in the mirror.
The
reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak
accounting.
You can
always juice sales by going down-market, but it's hard to go back
upmarket.
You have to
think for yourself. It always amazes me how high-IQ people
mindlessly imitate. I never get good ideas talking to other
people.
In looking
for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity,
intelligence, and energy. But the most important is integrity
because if they don't have that, t...[
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