Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment

by Peter Buffett

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Composer, musician, and philanthropist Peter Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, says that the only real inheritance handed down from his parents was a philosophy: Forge your own path in life. It is a creed that has allowed him to follow his own passions, establish his own identity, and reap his own successes. Today's society, Buffett posits, has begun to replace a work ethic, relishing what you do, with a wealth ethic, honoring the payoff instead of the process. Yet, by show more focusing more on substance and less on reward, we can open doors of opportunity and strive toward a greater sense of fulfillment. Our journey in life rarely follows a straight line but is often met with false starts, crises, and blunders. How we push through and persevere is where we begin to create the life of our dreams--from discovering our vocations, to living out our bliss, to giving back to others.--From publisher description. show less

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Life is What You Make It
Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment
by Peter Buffett

I found this 257 page teacher a real pleasure to review because it was honest, refreshing and to the point. The author grants us the benefit of his unique perspective as the son of a billionaire investor, in ways that seemed sometimes simplistic and at others very complex, but always, all ways thought provoking. I loved the examples and personal touches thrown in for good measure.

I really felt that this blessed dear offers the optimistic spin many of us have been searching for. In our complex society, there just seems to be so much suspense and superstition that it gets hard to find the silver lining, or even a road map of where one may look for it. So I believe show more this enlightened pied piper has showed up in the nick of time to lead us away from hysteria and put us on more solid ground smiling all the way. Thanks Peter, You have so much to offer and you delivered it superbly.

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Riki Frahmann
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This was a good book. I highly respect Warren Buffett and this book definitely makes me think that he succeeded in raising a decent person in at least one of his children. They grew up with financial privilege but they also had a fairly "normal" life. They were taught basic values and had involved parents. Definitely worth a read. We are here to make the world a better place and to follow our own path.
Sensible. Well-written. Inspiring without the stars-in-your-eyes attitude. Practical, simple.
It started out well, and I liked the premise of the book too. But I didn't feel like I got much out of the book or what it promised to deliver.

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Peter Buffett is a well-established composer, producer, and philanthropist, and is cochairman with his wife, Jennifer, of the NoVo Foundation, which seeks to empower women and girls on a global scale. He lives in New York.

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Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Music
DDC/MDS
158Philosophy & psychologyPsychologyApplied psychology
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BJ1581.2 .B773Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionEthicsEthicsIndividual ethics. Character. Virtue
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