There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 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.

He has given his CEO's only two rules.

Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money.

Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.


 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.


 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.


 9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.

His advice to young people: "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and Remember:


    A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.

    B. Live your life as simple as you are.

    C. Don't do what others say, just listen to them, but do what makes you feel good.

    D. Don't go on brand name; just wear those things which you feel comfortable.

    E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on those people who really need it.

    F. After all it's your life then why give a chance to others to rule our life."

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.           
   
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.       
    
                                                                    
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.                         
   
                                                                    
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.         
   
He would shake it off and take a step up.           
   
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.                   
    
Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!                     
    
                                                                    
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.


Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.

Live simply and appreciate what you have.

Give more.

Expect less

NOW ............

Enough of that crap . . .


The donkey later came back, and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.  The gash from the bite got infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.


MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:

When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.