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Old 08-21-2019, 05:06 PM   #77
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I read because I enjoy reading. Probably about 75% of the books I read are novels ("non-substantial" reading) and about 25% are history, or religion or biographies or technical books. I don't read books on "how to make money" so probably not the kind of books Buffet reads. And I don't really care. Reading is not a business for me.
This. Plus, I personally have not the slightest wish to be "successful" as per today's standards (i.e. ambitious, career-driven, rich and famous). What a horrid life that would be. My ideal is to live a quiet, peaceful, stress-free life and enjoy simple everyday pleasures. Like reading. Which I do because I enjoy it, not because I want to "succeed".

Granted, without ambitious people we would still be living in huts. So I respect them. But I've never wished to be one of them. To each his own.
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