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Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment
Harmony
May 2010
On Sale: April 27, 2010
272 pages
ISBN: 0307464717
EAN: 9780307464712
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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.
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