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"We
begin this New Year with dampened enthusiasm and
dented optimism. Our happiness is diluted and our
peace is threatened by the financial illness that
has infected our families, organizations and
nations. Everyone is desperate to find a
remedy that will cure their financial illness and
help them recover their financial health. They
expect the financial experts to provide them with
remedies, forgetting the fact that it is these
experts who created this financial
mess.
Every new year, I adopt a couple of
old maxims as my beacons to guide my future. This
self-prescribed therapy has ensured that with each
passing year, I grow wiser and not older.
This year, I invite you to tap into the
financial wisdom of our elders along with me, and
become financially wiser.
Hard work
:
All hard work brings profit; but mere talk
leads only to poverty. Laziness
:
A sleeping lobster is carried away by
the water current. Earnings
:
Never depend on a single source of
income. Spending
: If you
buy things you don't need, you'll soon sell things
you need. Savings
:
Don't save what is left after spending; Spend what
is left after saving. Accounting
:
It's no use carrying an umbrella, if your
shoes are leaking. Auditing
:
Beware of little expenses; a small leak can
sink a large ship. Risk-taking
: Never
test the depth of the river with both feet.
Investment :
Don't put all your
eggs in one basket.
I'm certain that those
who have already been practicing these principles
remain financially healthy. I'm equally confident
that those who resolve to start practicing these
principles will quickly regain their financial
health. Let us become wiser and lead a happy,
healthy, prosperous and peaceful
life."
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Warren Buffet
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