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\"TheThe Tao of Warren Buffett: Warren Buffett’s Words of Wisdom: Quotations and Interpretations to Help Guide You to Billionaire Wealth and Enlightened Business Management<\/a>\"\"
\nby Mary Buffett and David Clark<\/p>\n

Here’s another of those novel “mini-books” (172 pages) that seem so popular in this day and age of readers pressed for time. This one, however, is a bit unique in a number of ways. For instance, note that the subtitle alone is longer than many of today’s “mini-books.” In addition, that lengthy title might be a bit misleading. While it is indeed factual, I think it’s more accurate to say this is a book of 125 insightful quotations from one of the most colorful Americans on the financial scene today.<\/p>\n

Warren Buffett is a famed American businessman, investor, and philanthropist as well as the largest shareholder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He has consistently ranked as the #1 or #2 richest man in the world for as long as one can recall. Earlier in the year, we featured Buffett in our blog series Little-known Facts about Well-known Leaders<\/a>. Click on this link<\/a> to learn why this man is one of today’s most interesting American trailblazers.<\/p>\n

Among Buffett’s observations in this book, you’ll find many enlightening truisms on investing, business management, choosing a career, and pursuing a successful life. Following each comment you’ll find additional remarks from the co-authors as they attempt to reveal the life philosophy and the investment strategies that have made Warren Buffett, and the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, so enormously wealthy.<\/p>\n

Mary Buffett\u2014ex-daughter-in-law and author of three books on Warren Buffett’s investment methods\u2014joins noted Buffettologist and international lecturer David Clark in this ambitious task.<\/p>\n

This edition makes a great gift as it reveals Warren Buffett’s worldly wisdom … which is deceptively simple and enormously powerful in application. For instance:<\/p>\n