Warren Buffett Videos
Really, one of the best things you can do to make the world a better place in 2008 in make YOURSELF better. It will naturally make your environment and people close to you better. The Books Mentioned: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen www.amazon.com Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt www.amazon.com Automatic Wealth: The Six Steps to Financial Independence by Michael Masterson www.amazon.com The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel by Benjamin Graham (Author), Jason Zweig (Author), Warren E. Buffett (Collaborator www.amazon.com Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success by Russell Simmons (Author), Chris Morrow (Author) www.amazon.com Warren Buffett Wealth: Principles and Practical Methods Used by the World’s Greatest Investor by Robert P. Miles www.amazon.com Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond www.amazon.com Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin www.amazon.com I wanted to share some of these books because I wish someone shared them with me earlier in life.
November 28, 2010, on ABC’s This Week, Christiane Amanpour interviewed Ted Turner, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett about the Giving Pledge and the importance of innovation in America. Mr. Turner talked about the impact of the UN Foundation and mentioned the recent mHealth Summit when asked about the promise of new innovations. ### TRANSCRIPT: BILLIONAIRE TURNED PHILANTHROPIST TED TURNER AGREES AND HE’S PLEDGED THE MAJORITY OF HIS MONEY TO THE UN FOUNDATION TO HELP ERADICATE POVERTY and DISEASE AND TO THE NUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. AMANPOUR: when you gave the money to the United Nations you said, I want to put all you rich people on notice. I’m coming after you to give more money. TURNER: Well I said that and just by saying that, it caused a lot of people, I’m sure, to think about it. AMANPOUR: did you know Bill Gates and Warren Buffett before that? TURNER: I did. I didn’t know them real well but I knew them knew them AMANPOUR: What did you want them to do and others like them? TURNER: Well, to consider giving now. They were already considering giving. Everybody who’s rich has considered — considers it. It’s just a question of whether they do it or not because it’s so much easier not to do it. But Bill and — Bill Gates and Warren with this Giving Pledge, they’re out there really taking a leadership position and I’m proud to know them and be partner with them because we do — the UN Foundation and the Nuclear Threat Initiative does a …


