In-B-Tween : Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on Heroes (Investing Podcast)
The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network
Stig Brodersen
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🗓️ 1 July 2015
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, how's everybody doing out there? |
| 0:01.8 | This is Preston Pescia, and this is this week's in-between a |
| 0:04.7 | soad, and the title of it is role models. |
| 0:07.8 | So one of the most important decisions a person can make in |
| 0:10.4 | their life is the selection of their heroes and their role models. |
| 0:13.4 | Whether you realize it or not, the role models that you |
| 0:15.6 | selecting your life are going to have a dramatic impact on who |
| 0:19.2 | you are and ultimately who you become. |
| 0:21.6 | So here's a fantastic response that billionaire Warren Buffett |
| 0:24.4 | gave on this very topic. |
| 0:26.8 | It's enormously important to have the right heroes in life, |
| 0:30.0 | and then it's enormously important that they never let you down. |
| 0:33.5 | And I've been unbelievably fortunate in having those heroes, |
| 0:38.4 | perhaps a dozen or so, led by my father and wife. |
| 0:42.9 | And they had a huge impact on me, but the number of other |
| 0:47.6 | people have as well. |
| 0:49.8 | And never in my life have I thought I was let down by them. |
| 0:55.7 | I tell the students, you know, the most important job they have |
| 1:00.0 | for most of them is going to be the teacher of their children. |
| 1:03.2 | And you start out as your children's hero, and you don't |
| 1:09.0 | get a second chance at living that role out. |
| 1:12.8 | That child looks to you and forms its opinion of the world. |
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