真正的富人 (1)
楊子 (2007-01-05 13:42:36) 評論 (11)今天網友盈袖整理了一篇有關Warren Buffet的電視訪談記錄(英文稿),畫龍點睛,文輯要害,真讓讀者受益無窮。
電視訪談錄 (根據網友盈袖的英文原文翻譯,如有不當,以英文原稿為準)
CNBC電視台采訪了Warren Buffet一小時。人稱世界二富的他,僅捐款就是407億。從訪談中,讓我們看到了他人生一些很有意思的方麵:
1)。11歲時,他買了他人生的第一隻股票。現在他調侃說遺憾自己動手太晚了。
2)。14歲時,他用自己送報紙掙來的零花錢買了他第一個小農場。
3)。他仍然住在小城Omaha中區的那間3睡房的小屋,這是他50年前結婚時買的。小屋沒有什麽院牆或籬笆。他說小屋中已經有他所需要的一切。
4)。每天他自己開車愛去那去那,既沒司機,又沒保鏢。
5)。盡管他擁有世界上最大的私人飛機公司,但自己從來沒有用過私人飛機去旅行。
6)。他的公司Berkshire Hathaway擁有世界上63間公司。他從來不參加那些公司的會議或打電話給公司。每年他隻給每間公司的CEO寫一份信。
7)。他給那些CEO立了兩條規矩:
規矩1:不要讓你的股東損失一分一毫;
規矩2:不要忘記規矩1。
8)。不喜歡跟那些高級社團的人物進行社交來往。他工作之餘回到家,就是自己爆爆米花和看電視。
9)。人稱首富的Bill Gates五年前才第一次遇到了他。那時候對Bill Gates來說,他不認為自己和Warren有任何共同語言,因此,約會定了半個小時。可是一見麵,兩人竟談了10個小時。平且Bill變成了Warren的一個崇拜者。(譯注:從此Bill開始逐步放手公司業務,並且加大公司的捐款數額)。
10)。Warren從來不帶手機,辦公桌上也沒有電腦。(譯注:秘書的事秘書作。辦公時間搞定一切。這都是他的信條。)
11)。他對年輕人的忠告是:遠離信用卡。一切投資由自己!
人的富有程度 (根據的我的留言擴充,有任何不妥找我)
你看,論錢的話,Warren Buffet比Bill Gates少一點,人稱世界二富。其實,說你有999億和說你有990億,根本就是一回事。因此在錢上講,Warren Buffet和Bill Gates一樣富。
按生活的需求,Warren Buffet的三間小屋有他所需要的所有的東西。Bill Gates那個怪獸屋,要那麽多電腦,那麽多電視,你說有必要麽?多此一舉的東西,就是無用的東西。所以就需求來說,誰也不比誰少什麽。
按內心世界的平靜,按做人的風格和處事的不操心上來講,Warren Buffet既安靜隨意,又省氣省力,幾達老莊的境界:平常心,平常事,平常人。因此,在這種人生意義上講,Warren Buffet比Bill Gates富。
幾方麵合起來,Warren Buffet才是全世界真正的富人。
人分等級,向來有之。隻是標準各異。
1。你我是俗人,每天跟瑣碎打交道;
2。Bill Gates是一個世俗的人, 每天跟錢和名人打交道;
3。陶淵明是個怪癖的常人, 每天躲起來不跟人打交道;
4。Warren Buffet是個平常人, 每天就做個平常人;
5。再上一層,不是仙就是聖......
從他的訪談記錄,我算對他佩服之至,隻能如此釋之。
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附:電視訪談錄英文原稿
(文: by 盈袖 http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=200701&postID=4922)
Warren Buffet
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated US$40 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
1) He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2) He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
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.
4) He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5) He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
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.
7) He has given his CEO's only two rules.
Rule number 1: Do not lose any of your
shareholder's money.
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1
8) 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.
9) 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.
10) Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
11) His advice to young people: Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself ...
附:富人的捐款
排名 名字 身家 捐款 % 主業
1 Warren Buffet 407.3億 股神
2 Bill Gates $527.75億 279.7億 53% 軟件大亨
3 Gordon Moore 73.8億 Intel創辦人
4 索洛斯 $85億 59億 69% 大炒家
5 Walton家族 17.9億* ~2% Wal-Mart創辦人家族
6 Herbert Sandler $24億 13.79億 57% Golden West財團創辦人
* Wal-Mart創辦人家族過去五年的捐款僅$12.5億,另外$5.4億曆史上累計捐款數。
* 目前的統計多按過去五年累計捐款超過$1.2億。但2006年的統計是, 按過去五年累計捐款超過$1.57億才能上榜。
* 美國傳統的捐款大戶:弗蘭克林,溫德飆爾,卡內基,洛克菲勒,都名落孫山,但精神尚在。
* 要從捐款這方麵從新認識索洛斯----最高百分比的慈善家。