真正的富人 (1)
文章来源: 杨子2007-01-05 13:42:36
 
今天网友盈袖整理了一篇有关Warren Buffet的电视访谈记录(英文稿),画龙点睛,文辑要害,真让读者受益无穷。

电视访谈录 (根据网友盈袖的英文原文翻译,如有不当,以英文原稿为准)

CNBC电视台采访了Warren Buffet一小时。人称世界二富的他,仅捐款就是407亿。从访谈中,让我们看到了他人生一些很有意思的方面:
 
1)。11岁时,他买了他人生的第一只股票。现在他调侃说遗憾自己动手太晚了。

2)。14岁时,他用自己送报纸挣来的零花钱买了他第一个小农场。

3)。他仍然住在小城Omaha中区的那间3睡房的小屋,这是他50年前结婚时买的。小屋没有什么院墙或篱笆。他说小屋中已经有他所需要的一切。

4)。每天他自己开车爱去那去那,既没司机,又没保镖。

5)。尽管他拥有世界上最大的私人飞机公司,但自己从来没有用过私人飞机去旅行。

6)。他的公司Berkshire Hathaway拥有世界上63间公司。他从来不参加那些公司的会议或打电话给公司。每年他只给每间公司的CEO写一份信。

7)。他给那些CEO立了两条规矩:
                规矩1:不要让你的股东损失一分一毫;
                规矩2:不要忘记规矩1。

8)。不喜欢跟那些高级社团的人物进行社交来往。他工作之余回到家,就是自己爆爆米花和看电视。

9)。人称首富的Bill Gates五年前才第一次遇到了他。那时候对Bill Gates来说,他不认为自己和Warren有任何共同语言,因此,约会定了半个小时。可是一见面,两人竟谈了10个小时。平且Bill变成了Warren的一个崇拜者。(译注:从此Bill开始逐步放手公司业务,并且加大公司的捐款数额)。

10)。Warren从来不带手机,办公桌上也没有电脑。(译注:秘书的事秘书作。办公时间搞定一切。这都是他的信条。

11)。他对年轻人的忠告是:远离信用卡。一切投资由自己!

 
人的富有程度 (根据的我的留言扩充,有任何不妥找我)

你看,论钱的话,Warren Buffet比Bill Gates少一点,人称世界二富。其实,说你有999亿和说你有990亿,根本就是一回事。因此在钱上讲,Warren Buffet和Bill Gates一样富。

按生活的需求,Warren Buffet的三间小屋有他所需要的所有的东西。Bill Gates那个怪兽屋,要那么多电脑,那么多电视,你说有必要么?多此一举的东西,就是无用的东西。所以就需求来说,谁也不比谁少什么。

按内心世界的平静,按做人的风格和处事的不操心上来讲,Warren Buffet既安静随意,又省气省力,几达老庄的境界:平常心,平常事,平常人。因此,在这种人生意义上讲,Warren Buffet比Bill Gates富。

几方面合起来,Warren Buffet才是全世界真正的富人。
 

人分等级,向来有之。只是标准各异。

1。你我是俗人,每天跟琐碎打交道;

2。Bill Gates是一个世俗的人, 每天跟钱和名人打交道;

3。陶渊明是个怪癖的常人, 每天躲起来不跟人打交道;

4。Warren Buffet是个平常人, 每天就做个平常人; 

5。再上一层,不是仙就是圣......

从他的访谈记录,我算对他佩服之至,只能如此释之。

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附:电视访谈录英文原稿
                     (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              %           主业

1        Warren Buffet                               407.3亿                       股神
2        Bill Gates                  $527.75亿   279.7亿        53%        软件大亨
3        Gordon Moore                             73.8亿                          Intel创办人
4        索洛斯                     $85亿          59亿             69%        大炒家
5        Walton家族                                  17.9亿*        ~2%      Wal-Mart创办人家族 
6        Herbert Sandler        $24亿           13.79亿        57%      Golden West财团创办人

*   Wal-Mart创办人家族过去五年的捐款仅$12.5亿,另外$5.4亿历史上累计捐款数。
*   目前的统计多按过去五年累计捐款超过$1.2亿。但2006年的统计是, 按过去五年累计捐款超过$1.57亿才能上榜。
*   美国传统的捐款大户:弗兰克林,温德飚尔,卡内基,洛克菲勒,都名落孙山,但精神尚在。 
*   要从捐款这方面从新认识索洛斯----最高百分比的慈善家。