Warren Buffet's Rules for success

Warren Buffet's rules for success: 

1. show up 

 2. tell the truth 

 3. pay attention

4. do your best 

 5. don't be attached to the outcome

Comments

[Wasi Mohsin]

Thanks for the info. Please provide the references.

Regards,
Wasi Mohsin
Founder Pak Stock Exchange
http://www.pakstockexchange.com

[Shannon Stevens]

I think Buffet's rules for success are true in many different aspects whether it is at school, a job, or just life in general.

[Monik T.]

I like this list. I would add to have a positive attitude. I think that when we hang around with positive people and stay away from negative environment, we can be able to achieve more in life. A second rule that I would add is to be organized. An organized person is always able to have his or her tasks on time. It is important to have goals for the day and accomplish them. If at the end of the day, we didn't finish with the work, we can meditate upon what we did not, and come up with an strategy for being better the next day.

[Monik T.]

I like this list. I would add to have a positive attitude. I think that when we hang around with positive people and stay away from negative environment, we can be able to achieve more in life. A second rule that I would add is to be organized. An organized person is always able to have his or her tasks on time. It is important to have goals for the day and accomplish them. If at the end of the day, we didn't finish with the work, we can meditate upon what we did not, and come up with a strategy for being better the next day.

[Jaclynn]

I like the list, however it depends on your definition of success. There are plenty of "successful" people who have continuously lied through their teeth. Every number 1-4 of that lists has been disproved by someone "successful." So the definition of success needs to be addressed.

[Jaclynn]

"Don't be attached to the outcome," sticks out to me. And I would agree with this from some personal experiences. Things always change, and it’s frustrating having to rearrange everything. An example of this would be planning a get together with some friends, for something always seems to get changed. However, for a lot of "successful" people, the outcome is what drives them. It is the outcome that in their mind they must achieve, and it can be done. Or think of it on more simple terms: say your boss tells you to deliver some phones to the branch down the street. Well your boss and you are attached to the idea of those phones getting there, and somehow that outcome will be accomplished. Maybe not being attached to the outcome is a person’s way of trying to protect themselves, for if the outcome changes in a negative way they can be hurt or disappointed. Maybe in fact the outcome is what we should be focused on. There inlays the debate though. Do the ends justify the means or do the means justify the ends?

[Mallory]

I think we shouldn't take these rules completely literally - he is just giving a broad basis for what he has observed to have worked for successful people. Seeing as how Warren Buffet is one of the most successful people these days, it would appear he has a good grasp on the concept of success.

[nathan d.]

I agree with Mallory in that I think Warren Buffet used these rules more as guidelines to follow. The actual process is much more difficult and in depth. But its a great place to start and simple yet effective adivce by a very successful entrepreneurer

[Shanene Higgins, Publisher]

Warren Buffet is a perfect example of achieving the what appears to be impossible by applying simple principles.It's best not to complicate the vision. Just keep it simple as a well-known visionary once said of Prolific Concepts.

[Levente]

Warren Buffet is a man of good character and success. These simple rules for success have obviously worked for him. It is good to see such a successful man in todays culture emphasize the need for moral values.

Levente Nagy
JBC Yr1