In addition to focusing on business activities, he turned a deaf ear to almost everything else - art, literature, science, travel, architecture, etc. - so that he could concentrate on pursuing his passion. As a child, Warren carried around his most prized possession, his automatic coin changer. When he was 10 years old, his father offered to take him on a trip, and he asked to go to the New York Stock Exchange. Soon after, Buffett read a book called "1,000 Tips to Make $1,000" and told his friends that he wanted to become a millionaire before the age of 35. "In the midst of the Great Depression of 1941, it was really bold for a child to say such a thing, and it sounded a little silly. But... he was sure that he could realize this dream.
Buffett and Gates met on Independence Day weekend in 1991 at the initiative of Katharine Graham and Meg Greenfield, the editor-in-chief of the Washington Post. >
Buffett still admires Gates very much. Although Buffett is 25 years older than him, he knows that Gates is a very smart man, but more importantly, the two of them have always been the "Forbes" wealth However, with Buffett's character of not being interested in IT people, he would definitely not join Catherine's weekend trip. However, after Greenfield's persuasion, Buffett was shaken. Field told him: "You're going to like Gates' parents, and there are a lot of interesting people going. "In the end, Buffett agreed.
Many people were observing carefully the first meeting between the two giants. At least on one point, Buffett and Gates are similar. If they meet someone who is not enthusiastic People have long heard that Gates is not good at hiding his patience, and although Buffett will not walk away early and find a book to read when he encounters a boring topic, he still He has his own method, and he will extricate himself from topics that he is not interested in as soon as possible.
In his communication with Gates, Buffett went straight to the topic without any transitional words. He asked Gates about the future trend of IBM. He also asked Gates whether IBM has become a competitor that cannot be ignored by Microsoft, and why the companies in the information industry are changing so fast? Gates made one decision one by one. Answer. He told Buffett to buy two technology stocks: Intel Corporation and Microsoft. It was Gates' turn to ask questions. He asked the other party about the newspaper economy, and Buffett bluntly stated that the newspaper economy was heading toward destruction step by step. This is directly related to the booming development of other media. In just a few minutes, the two people were completely in a state of in-depth communication.
“We kept chatting endlessly. No one else was noticed. I asked him a lot of questions about the IT industry, but I never thought about understanding his industry. Gates is a great teacher, and none of us wanted to end our conversation. "
Buffett and Gates walked and talked from the garden to the beach, and people followed them. "We didn't notice the existence of these people here at all, and we didn't realize that there were many important people around. In the end, Gates' father couldn't stand it anymore. He told us in a very gentlemanly manner that he hoped that we could integrate into everyone's party and not always talk to each other. ”
“Then Bill started trying to convince me to buy a computer, but I told him I didn’t know what the computer could do for me. I didn’t mind the specific change curve of my investment project. I didn’t want to change it every 5 minutes. Just looking at the results, I told him I had a good grasp of it all. But Bill still refused to give up. He said that he would send Microsoft's most beautiful sales girl to sell Microsoft products to me and let her teach me how to use the computer. The way he talked was interesting, and I told him: You made an offer that no one can refuse, but I will still refuse. "
"At dinner, Gates' father asked everyone a question, what is the most important thing in a person's life? My answer is "focus", and Bill's answer is the same as mine!"
When Buffett said the word "focus", I don't know how many people here could understand the meaning of his word, but focus has always been an important guide for Buffett to move forward. What? It is the pursuit of perfection, and this quality is unique and cannot be imitated.
Focus is not only the key to success in doing things, but also a trait of a healthy mind. It means that your attention is fully focused on something, integrated with the thing you are paying attention to, and is not attracted by other external objects, and will not be lingering in anxiety.
People who cannot focus are the same. Can't relax. Concentration and relaxation are actually two sides of the same coin. Concentration is also a key characteristic of a happy life.
Only when a person is dedicated to something can he have fun. No matter what prejudices you had about a thing in the past or how boring you thought it was, once you focus on it, it immediately becomes alive! And the most beautiful state of a person is to enter that living state.
Focus is the pursuit of professional excellence. It is precisely because of concentration that Thomas Edison, the greatest inventor in American history, was born; it is precisely because of concentration that the world-famous Walt Disney was born. The father of cartoons; it was because of his concentration that everyone got to know James Brown, the godfather of American soul music. Likewise, focus is the determination to accomplish a great cause, otherwise, people would not have seen Janet Rankin, the first female member of Congress, oppose the United States' participation in two world wars against all odds, and these two wars brought nothing but disaster to the world. Just pain.