Life lessons from Warren Buffett
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Likability is its own reward in any number of ways. Now it’s the meaning of life too? No wonder our socially enforced mainstream ideas are often so stupid. Everybody is highly motivated to toe the line. It’s the meaning of life to be accepted by the masses. Yawn.
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It’s not at all about likeability but about those who respect you and your contributions to our society. Likeability isn’t even mentioned.
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It’s not at all about likeability but about those who respect you and your contributions to our society. Likeability isn’t even mentioned.
@Mik said in Life lessons from Warren Buffett:
It’s not at all about likeability but about those who respect you and your contributions to our society. Likeability isn’t even mentioned.
I guess we have different interpretations of “people having a high opinion of you”. I condense that into “likability”. Buffet’s advice is to maximize the number of people who like you.
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I'd disagree. There are many people who I don't care much for their company, but I respect their contributions to the society we live in and I'm willing to associate with them. I just won't invite them for dinner.
If you were closer, I'd invite you over.
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I'd disagree. There are many people who I don't care much for their company, but I respect their contributions to the society we live in and I'm willing to associate with them. I just won't invite them for dinner.
If you were closer, I'd invite you over.
@Mik said in Life lessons from Warren Buffett:
I'd disagree. There are many people who I don't care much for their company, but I respect their contributions to the society we live in and I'm willing to associate with them. I just won't invite them for dinner.
If you were closer, I'd invite you over.
I would happily accept! It’s my understanding that the food there is excellent. But I don’t think I’m too far afield by interpreting “high opinion of someone” as “liking someone”.
I suspect most people, even ones of impeccable virtue, deliberately prioritize other things on occasion. Being on the “right side of history” for instance implies that one is spending present likability, with an expectation of future likability in return. That investment is understood to not necessarily provide returns by the time of one’s passing.
