There was an one-hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man in the world who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
（CNBC電視台對世界排名第二的富豪華倫巴菲特做了一個长達一小時的專訪，巴菲特目前已捐了310億美元給慈善機構，以下是他對於人生一些非常有趣的見解）
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
（他在11歲時買了第一張股票，但現在他還後悔覺得他的行動太晚了！）
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
（他在14歲時就用他從送報紙所賺到的錢，買了一個小農場。）
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.
（他還居住在奧瑪哈小鎮的一棟在50年前他結婚時所購買擁有三房的舊屋子內，他說他家裏所需要的，一切都具備。他的屋子連圍牆或籬笆都沒有！）
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
（他自己開車到處逛逛，沒有司機或保全人員在他身邊。）
5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world’s largest private jet company.
（他雖然擁有世界最大的私人噴射客機公司，卻從來沒有動過私人的飛機來遠行。）
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. He has given his CEO’s only two rules.
（他的公司 Berkshire Hathaway，旗下擁有63家公司，他每年只寫一封信給這些公司的總裁，告知他們每年度的營運目標，他不曾定期撥電给他們或召開會議，他只給這些總裁們下列兩條法則。）
Rule number 1: do not lose any of your shareholders’ money.
（法則一：不可虧損公司的股東們的資金）
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
（法則二：不可忘記法則一）
7. 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.
（他不跟上流社會的群眾交際往來；他下班後的消遣時光就是弄一點爆米花來吃吃和觀看電視。）
8. 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.
（五年前，世界首富比爾蓋茲第一次和巴菲特見面會該，首先，他覺得他跟巴菲特沒有什麼共同點，所以只安排了半個小時的時間；但當他們見面後，一談就谈了10個小時。從此之後，比爾蓋茲便成為巴菲特的忠實信徒。）
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
（巴菲特不攜帶手機，桌上也沒有電腦。）
His advice to young people: “Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and Remember:
（他給時下年輕人的忠告是「遠離信用卡，多投資在自己的身上並牢記:）
A. Money doesn’t create man but it is the man who created money.
（錢不會創造人，但是錢的確是人創造出來的。）
B. Live your life as simple as you can.
（過你自己想過的簡單生活吧！）
C. Don’t do what others say, just listen to them, but do what you feel good
（別依照別人的話來做，聽聽他們即可，做你自己覺得應該做的事情。）
D. Don’t go on brand name; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
（別執著名牌，穿你覺得舒適的衣服即可。）
E. Don’t waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need.
（別把錢花在不必要的事物上，把它用在真正需要的地方。）
F. After all it’s your life then, why give chance to others to rule our life.
（總而言之，這是你個人的人生，幹嘛給予他人機會來管制我等的人生呢？）
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