Inspiration! Success in the eyes of “The Stock God” Warren Buffett: You hope the people who love you truly do—and what does success mean to you?
This reminds me of a story:
A wealthy man went on vacation by the sea and saw a fisherman sunbathing. He couldn’t help but urge him to catch more fish.
The fisherman asked, “What would I do with the fish?”
The rich man said, “Catch more fish and sell them—you’ll have money.”
The fisherman asked again, “And what can I do once I have money?”
The rich man replied, “With money, you can come to the beach to vacation and sunbathe.”
The fisherman said, “But I’m sunbathing right now, aren’t I?”
Many people, after reading this, think the fisherman is the real winner. If you’re like that rich man and desperately try to make money, you end up running in circles—only to find that the destination is the starting point. You end up wasting effort and time.
But I want to offer a different perspective:
The reason the fisherman can sunbathe today is that these days have happened to be calm seas, and he just happened to catch enough fish. What his calmness is built on is actually extremely high uncertainty. What if it rains tomorrow? Or what if he gets sick? His “composure” rests on variables he can’t control.
Most of the time, we’re the rich man—rushing forward desperately, yet forgetting that the purpose is to live. At the same time, without a “system” to support contentment, it often can’t withstand the test of black swans.
So it’s not that effort is meaningless. Rather, before you work hard, figure out clearly what you really want—and then, through a “system,” build passive income, giving you the freedom to choose and not be forced to do things you don’t like.
$B2
This reminds me of a story:
A wealthy man went on vacation by the sea and saw a fisherman sunbathing. He couldn’t help but urge him to catch more fish.
The fisherman asked, “What would I do with the fish?”
The rich man said, “Catch more fish and sell them—you’ll have money.”
The fisherman asked again, “And what can I do once I have money?”
The rich man replied, “With money, you can come to the beach to vacation and sunbathe.”
The fisherman said, “But I’m sunbathing right now, aren’t I?”
Many people, after reading this, think the fisherman is the real winner. If you’re like that rich man and desperately try to make money, you end up running in circles—only to find that the destination is the starting point. You end up wasting effort and time.
But I want to offer a different perspective:
The reason the fisherman can sunbathe today is that these days have happened to be calm seas, and he just happened to catch enough fish. What his calmness is built on is actually extremely high uncertainty. What if it rains tomorrow? Or what if he gets sick? His “composure” rests on variables he can’t control.
Most of the time, we’re the rich man—rushing forward desperately, yet forgetting that the purpose is to live. At the same time, without a “system” to support contentment, it often can’t withstand the test of black swans.
So it’s not that effort is meaningless. Rather, before you work hard, figure out clearly what you really want—and then, through a “system,” build passive income, giving you the freedom to choose and not be forced to do things you don’t like.
$B2