Taking jobs to build up your resume is the same as saving up sex for old age.
Interpretation
Building a resume for future opportunities is as misguided as holding back on life experiences for later use.
Warren Buffett's quote suggests that accumulating experiences merely for the purpose of enhancing one's resume is a fruitless endeavor, akin to saving intimate relationships for a future when one may no longer be able to enjoy them. Life is about actively engaging in experiences and relationships now rather than postponing them for later, as opportunities and vitality may diminish with age.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to emphasize the importance of living in the moment.
I have no views as to where it will be, but the one thing I can tell you is it won't do anything between now and then except look at you. Whereas, you know, Coca-Cola (KO) will be making money, and I think Wells Fargo (WFC) will be making a lot of money and there will be a lot - and it's a lot - it's a lot better to have a goose that keeps laying eggs than a goose that just sits there and eats insurance and storage and a few things like that.
If the world couldn't see your results, would you rather be thought of as the world's greatest investor but in reality have the world's worst record? Or be thought of as the world's worst investor when you were actually the best?
Cash never makes us happy, but it's better to have the money burning a hole in Berkshire's pocket than resting comfortably in someone else's.
I think you should read everything you can. In my case, by the age of 10, I'd read every book in the Omaha public library about investing, some twice. _x000D_ You need to fill your mind with various competing thoughts and decide which make sense.
The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces. It's optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer.
One’s objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out and get it over. Your problem won’t improve with age.
When we really connect to that place of wisdom and strength and understanding, everything becomes easier.
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.
If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally - about anything. Yes, anything.
The more clarity you achieve, the more you will find that the universe is on your side, supporting your thoughts and intentions. Therefore, focus on clarity, not on getting results. The results will come according to their own rhythm and timing.
Often the answer to our prayer does not come while we’re on our knees but while we’re on our feet serving the Lord and serving those around us. Selfless acts of service and consecration refine our spirits remove the scales from our spiritual eyes and open the windows of heaven. By becoming the answer to someone’s prayer we often find the answer to our own.
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