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Warren Buffet and I

An interviewer from Fortune magazine asked Warren Buffet about his first job, specifically he said: "I know you had a paper route. Was that your first job?" Mr. Buffet replied: "Well, I worked for my grandfather, which was really tough, in the [family] grocery store. But if you gave me the choice of being CEO of General Electric or IBM or General Motors, you name it, or delivering papers, I would deliver papers. I would. I enjoyed doing that. I can think about what I want to think. I don't have to do anything I don't want to do. It might be wonderful to be head of GE, and Jeff Immelt is a friend of mine. And he's a great guy. ...

A “Stop Doing” List

This exercise is from an article by Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great and is consistent with my summer exercise of more "being", less "doing". "Suppose you woke up tomorrow and received two phone calls. The first phone call tells you that you have inherited $20 million, no strings attached. The second tells you that you have an incurable and terminal disease, and you have no more than 10 years to live. What would you do differently, and, in particular, what would you stop doing?"