10条巴菲特及芒格妙语–来自2015伯克希尔股东大会

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对全球伯克希尔公司的股东而言,参加年度股东大会无异于一次“朝圣”;在全球价值投资者的眼中,巴菲特与芒格是近乎神一样的存在,聆听他们关于投资的观点总会带来非凡的启示。2015年的股东大会上,他俩又说什么妙语了呢?

1.On controlling emotion
“[Investing] is an easy game if you can control your emotions.”Buffett said.
论情绪控制:
巴菲特:“如果你能控制自己的情绪,投资不过是一场简单的游戏。”

2.On investing in general and investing in IBM
“If people weren’t wrong so often, we wouldn’t be so rich,” Munger said.
论一般性投资及针对IBM的投资:
芒格:“如果不是因为其他投资者经常犯错,我们也不可能这么富有。”

3.On donating wealth
“There’s no Forbes 400 in the graveyard,” Buffett said
论捐赠财富:
巴菲特:“墓地里没有‘福布斯400富豪榜’”。

4.On the internet
“I love it… [The internet] has been a huge change in my life and it costs me $100 a year,” Buffett said
论互联网:
巴菲特:“我喜欢互联网… 网络给我的生活带来巨大变化,而且一年得花去我100美元呢。”

5.On economists
“We think any company that has an economist has one employee too many,” Buffett said.
论经济学家:
巴菲特说:“我认为任何一家有经济学家的公司,都有一个多余员工。”

6.On taxes and corporations complaining about them
“I don’t shed any tears for American business [when it complains about taxes],” Buffett said.
论税收及抱怨税收的公司:
巴菲特:“我从不同情那些抱怨税收过重的美国企业。”

7.On German companies
“I will predict we buy at least one German company in the next five years. We’re far more on the radar screen than we were five years ago,” Buffett said.
论德国公司:
巴菲特:“预计今后五年,我们会至少买入一家德国公司。与5年前相比,我们对德国公司更为关注。”

8.On the eurozone
“They created something that’s unwise. You can’t form a business partnership w/your frivolous, drunken brother-in-law,” Munger said.
论欧元区:
芒格:”他们创造了一个不太明智的事物。你就不应该和你那不靠谱、醉醺醺的姻亲兄弟合伙做生意。”

9.On Chinese stock market
“Investment principles do not stop at borders,” Buffett said.
论中国股市:
巴菲特:“(价值投资的)原则不分国界。”

10.On China
“I would not have believed a country of that size could move so far, so fast, The country’s population had found a way to unlock their potential… As Charlie said earlier, China and the United States are going to be the superpowers for as far as the eye can see,” Mr. Buffett said.
论中国:
巴菲特:“我没想到这么大体量的一个国家可以发展得这么好、这么快,中国找到了能释放其潜能的途径。正如查理之前说过的,在可预见的未来,中国与美国将成为超级强国。”


本文内容由EnglishSou.com独家编译自:fool.com, nytimes.com, morningstar.com

关于勇气的10条英文名句

今天Will和大家分享10个与勇气(Courage/Bravery)有关的经典英语句子,当我们面临人生中的各种困境(挫折、病痛或自然灾难),请记住要勇敢面对。勇气,会给予我们重新站起来的力量,让我们更加坚强。

1.“you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

你可以,你应该,而且如果你敢于踏出第一步,你就能做到。

2.“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ― Nelson Mandela

我深知勇气并非心中无惧,而是能克服恐惧。

3.“Without fear there cannot be courage.” ― Christopher Paolini

恐惧与勇气相伴相生。

4.“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” ― Mark Twain

我一直好奇,为何身体之勇比比皆是,而精神之勇却如此罕有。

5.“Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.” ― Ellen Hopkins, Crank

不冒风险意味着抛弃你的梦想。

6.“Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway.” ― Meg Cabot, All-American Girl

勇敢就是当你必须去做一件自认为正确的事,但同时,你又不敢去做,因为你可能因此受到伤害或引发其他问题。但你义无反顾地做了。

7. “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

失败让人痛苦,但若从未尝试去成功,会更痛苦。

8.“Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.”- C. JoyBell C.

不要惧怕内心的恐惧。恐惧的存在不是为了让你害怕,而是为了让你知道,有些事值得你克服恐惧。

9.“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” ― John Quincy Adams

勇气与坚毅有一种神奇的庇护力,在它们面前,困难会消失,障碍会遁形。

10.“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne

勇气就是尽管害怕得要命,却毅然前行。

马克.扎克伯格:Facebook为何与众不同?

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I think the biggest difference between Facebook and other companies is how focused we are on our mission(使命)…Different companies care about different things. There are companies that care about, just really care about having the biggest market cap(市值). Or there are companies that are really into(喜好) process or the way they do things. Hewlett Packard(惠普), right? The thing that you always hear about them is “the HP Way”. Google, I think is very tied to their culture–They really love that. For us, it is the mission: building a company that makes the world more open and connected.The articulation(发音) of that has, I think, changed over time(随着时间). But that’s really been, like, the belief the whole time(一直).

–Huffington Post, May 14, 2012

我认为Facebook与其他公司相比,最大的不同点在于:我们专注于自己的使命。不同的公司关注的事情各不相同。有的公司关注,应该说是相当关注,在资本市场拥有最大的市值。而有的则非常热衷于流程,或者说做事的方式。比方说惠普,对吧?你听到关于惠普最多的事情就是:“惠普之道”。至于谷歌,我觉得它相当关注公司文化–他们对此真的很着迷。对我们而言,我们最关注的是使命:创建一家使世界更加开放、连接更为紧密的公司。随着时间的推移,可能对于使命的文字表述有所不同,但这的确是我们一直以来深信不疑的理念。

–赫芬顿邮报,2012年5月14日

像埃隆.马斯克(Elon Musk)那样思考,改变你的思维定势

8月22日,SpaceX公司在德克萨斯州上空测试的火箭在空中以燃烧成火球告终,但这并不妨碍人们对该公司CEO埃隆.马斯克(Elon Musk)的仰慕和敬意,因为这次测试意味着人类在通向火星的征程上又迈出了一小步。

埃隆.马斯克是横跨多领域的杰出企业家,被誉为“跨界天才”,也是电影《钢铁侠》的创作原型。他先后创立的4家公司:Paypal(贝宝), SpaceX, Tesla(特斯拉), SolarCity,无一不是行业翘楚,并将对世界产生深远影响。他被认为是乔布斯之后的下一位创新领袖。

今天,Will为大家精选了埃隆.马斯克的15句经典语录,咱们一起看看这位奇才的思维方式和其他人有什么不同:

1.I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

我认为平凡人也能选择做到不平凡。

2.I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.

我不会只满足于做一个旁观者,我要置身其中,参与改变。

3.I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

我觉得最具价值的一条建议是:经常思考你能否把事情做得更好,不断自我反省。

4.When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

大学时代,我就希望参与做那些可以改变世界的事情。

5.When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

当一件事情足够重要时,即便缺乏胜算,你也要去做。

6.It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

只要你能小心照看好你的篮子,把所有的鸡蛋放进去也未尝不可。

7.Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

有些人不喜欢变革,但如果不这么做的后果是灾难性的,你应当拥抱变革。

8.I was born in Africa. I came to California because it’s really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don’t see a viable competitor.

我出生于非洲。我之所以来加州,是因为在这里,新技术可以得到推广应用,而且,这里没有具有威胁性的竞争对手。

9.People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

当人们清楚目标是什么,以及为什么要达成这个目标时,他们的工作会卓有成效。每天早上,人们应该期待着上班,享受工作,这一点很重要。

10.When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.

当年亨利福特生产出便宜、可靠的汽车时,人们说:“不是吧?马车不也跑得挺好嘛?”福特把宝押在汽车上,他最终获得了成功。

11.The Tesla Roadster… it’s a two-seater sports car, very high performance…In fact, it’s beat any Ferrari or Aston Martin in acceleration. And it has more than twice the energy efficiency of a Prius.

特斯拉的Roadster…这是一款双座电动跑车,性能卓越,实际上,它的加速能力超过任何一辆法拉利或是阿斯顿.马丁。而它的节能性是普锐斯的两倍。

12.I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I’ve got kids and responsibilities, so I can’t be my own test pilot. That wouldn’t be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it’s a sensible thing to do.

我想在太空飞行,绝对的!那会是相当酷。我自己过去经常做一些冒险的事情,但是我现在有了孩子和家庭责任,因此我没法拿自己去冒风险了。那样做不明智。但是只要太空飞行变得切实可行,我一定会去尝试。

13.If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

如果人类不能在我有生之年登陆火星,我将会非常失望。

14.I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.

我不会说我毫无畏惧。事实上,我希望我的恐惧感可以少一些,因为恐惧会让人无法集中精力,并且会彻底扰乱我的神经系统。

15.I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

人应当怀有一颗善心,我觉得这点至关重要。

乔布斯关于兴趣与事业的英文名言: the only way to do great work is …

“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do… Don’t settle.”

Steve Jobs

“你必须找到你所喜欢的。爱情如此,工作亦如此。工作将占据你生命中的一大块,若要从中获得真正的满足,唯一途径就是去从事你认为是不凡的事业。而成就伟大事业的唯一途径是要热爱你的事业… 不要将就。”

–史蒂夫.乔布斯