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Warren Buffett lately printed his 2024 letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. Numerous classes, as regular, however the one level that stands out to me is his replace on this 12 months’s AGM in Omaha, the place he’ll be seen for a a lot shorter time than regular.
As I wrote earlier, I made the journey to Omaha final 12 months. For years, I had put it off. There was all the time a cause. However deep down, I knew that if I didn’t go, I’d remorse it. So I went. It was about sitting in that enviornment, feeling the vitality of over 30,000 individuals who had traveled from everywhere in the world—not simply to listen to inventory market recommendation, however to soak up a philosophy. A mind-set. A way of life.
It was about seeing Buffett, who together with Charlie, had constructed an empire on good choices, widespread sense, and an unwavering dedication to rationality.
It was about him and realising that, regardless of his wealth, what made him really wealthy was one thing else—his ideas, and his skill to maintain taking part in the sport he beloved for thus lengthy.
Charlie’s passing in 2023 was the primary laborious reminder that this period is ending. Buffett’s phrases on this letter (“disbanding the assembly sooner than common time”) really feel just like the second.
Buffett has spent his life educating folks how to consider cash, however the deeper lesson for me has all the time been about “time.”
Cash, when you make investments correctly, can all the time be earned again. Time can not.
My thoughts says (coronary heart doesn’t agree) that this 12 months could also be Buffett’s final AGM. Or possibly he’ll shock us all and maintain going. However whether or not that is the final time or not, personally for me, his message stays the identical: Don’t waste time. Don’t defer what issues. Don’t let life slip by whereas ready for the proper second. In investing, in studying, in residing—act with conviction.
As a result of on the finish of the day, the most important danger isn’t dropping cash. It’s wanting again and realising you by no means really lived.
Anyway, I’ve ready some notes on Buffett’s 2024 letter. Click on right here to learn my notes.
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– Vishal
The Sketchbook of Knowledge: A Hand-Crafted Guide on the Pursuit of Wealth and Good Life.
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