Zen of money

What the Buffett family has always known about cash

March 3, 2011
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Warren Buffett’s grandfather had more common sense about cash than many investment bankers of today. Here’s some great wisdom he passed down the family.

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Video: Finding your motivation at work

July 8, 2010
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The reason why super well-paid bankers, management consultants and the like still moan about their jobs is because they lack a purpose.

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Pros and cons of being wealthy

February 17, 2010
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If you’re an oligarch, a millionaire rockstar, a property tycoon or you just struck oil off the coast of Brazil – brother, I feel your pain.

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A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step

November 27, 2007

That which is at rest is easy to grasp. That which has not yet come about is easy to plan for. That which is fragile is easily broken. That which is minute is easily scattered. Handle things before they arise.Manage affairs before they are in a mess. A thick tree grows from a tiny seed. [...]

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Ferdinand Barnacle’s warning on financial corruption

September 20, 2007

‘My dear Mr Clennam,’ returned Ferdinand, laughing, ‘have you really such a verdant hope? The next man who has as large a capacity and as genuine a taste for swindling, will succeed as well. Pardon me, but I think you really have no idea how the human bees will swarm to the beating of any [...]

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The Micawber principle

September 2, 2007

“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” Wilkins Micawber (David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

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