The CEO, founder, and rock star icon of this business is worth over $100 billion.

One of the companies they own is a railroad (Burlington Northern), and another is known for producing great television commercials and even better customer service (Geico).

And it has a $398,840 price tag on one single share Class A stock, which is more than the median cost of a house in every state except Colorado, Washington, Massachusetts, Hawaii and California…

The 2017 HBO documentary called “Becoming Warren Buffett” is a fascinating peek inside the mind and life of the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

The man is frugal, simple, kind, brilliant, loyal, consistent, and incredibly rich.

He owns 247,734 shares of his own company, and topped $101 billion in personal net worth.

What’s incredible about Buffett’s wealth, is the fact he’s No. 5 on the richest person in the world list, and he’s given away over $37 billion worth of stock to charity since he signed The Giving Pledge.

With so much opportunity for investors right now, with cryptocurrency, NFT’s, tech stocks, blue chips, SPACS and anything and everything in between, there’s some good lessons to be mined from the mind of a financial genius.


Here are 5 things Buffett has preached over the years that might be worth paying attention to before you decide where you are investing your money.

  1. 1. Invest in yourself.

It’s a common theme when Buffett speaks.  He places a premium on developing new skills, staying healthy with exercise and smart eating habits and getting enough rest.

He believes there is a correlation between taking care of yourself and ROI’s.

2.  Don’t be obsessed with the markets.

He feels constantly watching what is going on with your stocks and investments has very negative psychological effects.  He believes in doing more research and due diligence before hand, then trusting your decision and the long-term process.

3.  Don’t borrow money to invest.

This is an absolute no-no in Warren’s world, even though a lot of people do it. He told CNBC “it’s insane to risk what you have and need for something you don’t really need.”

4.  “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.”

It’s one of Buffett’s most quoted lines ever, but they are marching orders for the Oracle of Omaha when it comes to investing. The bottom line for Buffett is he prioritizes value above everything.  What that means is be leery of companies who’s earnings are no where close to justifying a valuation.  It’s one reason Berkshire Hathaway isn’t big on Tesla or Netflix.

5. No one can care about your money more than you.

Buffett doesn’t lean on other experts to make his investing decisions.  Okay, that might be an unfair analogy, because Buffett is the Michael Jordan of stock picks, but he has said that 33% of Americans have a financial planner, but 45% of Americans don’t have a financial plan.

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