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by kosei 2728 days ago
"[Warren Buffett] says his measure of success is, “Do the people you care about love you back?” I think that is about as good a metric as you will find."

I love this.

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So then why does he bother being an investor? He could probably find that level of success working at Walmart and concentrating on his home life.

Given that he’s successful at investing, he must have some other standards.

Maybe a good number of the people he cares about work at or invest in the company he built?
It's one of the few things you can't buy. Good goal for an ambitious billionaire.
This reminds me of the song 'what Sarah said' by death cab for cutie.

"That love is watching someone die

So who's gonna watch you die"

That doesn't help much if you and your loved ones are just barely not-starving. :/