Life is What You Make It

2.5 nothing spectacular. Like eating a plain bagel when you’re not even hungry.......more

I'd probably give this more like 3.5 stars. I liked it, it was interesting, was inspired by Buffet's words and path in life. Anyone can read this book, but it's a must read for the affluent. The title could have been "How to Raise Decent Children When You're Filthy Rich." The author, Peter Buffet, i......more

two quotes I liked from this book: "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." Joseph Campbell "Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and s......more

This is a book about personal and fundamental values. It is a dangerous and sometimes hypocritical thing to write a book on values in this Nietzschean nihilism world. But this book does an outstanding job. This is a book that offers condensed and distilled wisdom on parenting, career and life path c......more

Peter Buffet one of the living examples who discovered one's vocation. In the first half of the book describes on how to discover what one is passionate about doing. “Not all who wander are lost.” “But there are many circumstances in which wandering through a labyrinth of choices is not a symptom of......more