Life Is What You Make It

PETER BUFFETT is an Emmy Award-winning composer and producer and cochairman of the NoVo Foundation. Buffett began his career in San Francisco writing music for commercials. He has released albums on the Narada, Epic, and Hollywood labels, as well as six releases on his own label. His work in film includes the “Firedance” scene in the Oscar-winning film, Dances with Wolves. He lives in New York City.

出版者:Crown Archetype

作者:Peter Buffett

页数:272

出版时间:2010-4-27

价格:USD 23.99

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780307464712

图书标签:成长巴菲特励志教育人生人生设计英文原版人生哲学

From composer, musician, and philanthropist Peter Buffett comes a warm, wise, and inspirational book that asks, Which will you choose: the path of least resistance or the path of potentially greatest satisfaction?

You may think that with a last name like his, Buffett has enjoyed a life of endless privilege. But the 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.

In Life Is What You Make It, Buffett expounds on the strong set of values given to him by his trusting and broadminded mother, his industrious and talented father, and the many life teachers he has met along the way.

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. We confuse privilege with material accumulation, character with external validation. Yet, by focusing more on substance and less on reward, we can open doors of opportunity and strive toward a greater sense of fulfillment. In clear and concise terms, Buffett reveals a great truth: Life is random, neither fair nor unfair.

From there it becomes easy to recognize the equal dignity and value of every human life—our circumstances may vary but our essences do not. We see that 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 in these challenging moments 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.

Personal and revealing, instructive and intuitive, Life Is What You Make It is about transcending your circumstances, taking up the reins of your destiny, and living your life to the fullest.

读后感

”Life Is What You Make It.“ 这句话可以说是当头棒喝，不管是对于父母而言，亦或是对于成长中的青年而言。阅读这本书籍，我感受到了作为父亲的巴菲特的一种睿智，以及彼得对于人生的选择与思考，这些对我们都是一种宝贵的经验。 就拿自己来说，我快要大四、实习、毕业了。...  

第一次看这种书，虽然是跳跃式阅读还是想夸夸自己阅读面开始扩大了一点点 说实话，粗略看后觉得有些浪费时间，不是我喜欢的类型，觉得很多东西get不到他的点，但是最后 还是能感觉作者是真的度过了很好的一生，不仅因为他父亲是股神巴菲特，还因为他健康，温暖的家庭环境，以及...  

——每个人都有属于自己的人生坐标 一个是世界闻名的股神，一个在音乐界的成就斐然，也许我们很难将两者并列到一起，而他们就是父子关系，他们都有属于自己的理想，也都取得了独立而非凡的成就。 这是一本能够帮助人们超越自我、实现自己的梦想、活出最充实的人...  

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Warren Buffett 的儿子Peter Buffett 写的。

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Warren Buffett 的儿子Peter Buffett 写的。

赞同Peter的价值观，只是他所说的太流于表面，不够透彻。