A Piece of My Life

Ini merupakan 10 resep untuk menjadi kaya dari Warren Buffet, masih melanjutkan dari post sebelumnya, soalnya mengagumkan sih nih orang.

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With an estimated fortune of $62 billion, Warren Buffett is the richest man in the entire world. In 1962, when he began buying stock in Berkshire Hathaway, a share cost $7.50. Today, Buffett, 78, is Berkshire’s chairman and CEO, and one share of the company’s class A stock is worth close to $119,000. He credits his astonishing success to several key strategies, which he has shared with writer Alice Schroeder.

No. 1: Reinvest Your Profits
When you first make money, you may be tempted to spend it. Don’t. Instead, reinvest the profits. Buffett learned this early on. In high school, he and a pal bought a pinball machine to put in a barbershop. With the money they earned, they bought more machines until they had eight in different shops. When the friends sold the venture, Buffett used the proceeds to buy stocks and to start another small business.

No. 2: Be Willing to Be Different
Don’t base your decisions upon what everyone is saying or doing. When Buffett began managing money in 1956 with $100,000 cobbled together from a handful of investors, he was dubbed an oddball. He worked in Omaha, not on Wall Street, and he refused to tell his partners where he was putting their money. People predicted that he’d fail, but when he closed his partnership 14 years later, it was worth more than $100 million.

No. 3: Never Suck Your Thumb
Gather in advance any information you need to make a decision, and ask a friend or relative to make sure that you stick to a deadline. Buffett prides himself on swiftly making up his mind and acting on it. He calls any unnecessary sitting and thinking “thumb-sucking.”

No. 4: Spell Out the Deal Before You Start
Your bargaining leverage is always greatest before you begin a job — that’s when you have something to offer that the other party wants. Buffett learned this lesson the hard way as a kid, when his grandfather Ernest hired him and a friend to dig out the family grocery store after a blizzard. The boys spent five hours shoveling until they could barely straighten their frozen hands. Afterward, his grandfather gave the pair less than 90 cents to split.

No. 5: Watch Small Expenses
Buffett invests in businesses run by managers who obsess over the tiniest costs. He once acquired a company whose owner counted the sheets in rolls of 500-sheet toilet paper to see if he was being cheated (he was). He also admired a friend who painted only the side of his office building that faced the road.

No. 6: Limit What You Borrow
Buffett has never borrowed a significant amount — not to invest, not for a mortgage. He has gotten many heartrending letters from people who thought their borrowing was manageable but became overwhelmed by debt. His advice: Negotiate with creditors to pay what you can. Then, when you’re debt-free, work on saving some money that you can use to invest.

No. 7: Be Persistent
With tenacity and ingenuity, you can win against a more established competitor. Buffett acquired the Nebraska Furniture Mart in 1983 because he liked the way its founder, Rose Blumkin, did business. A Russian immigrant, she built the mart from a pawnshop into the largest furniture store in North America. Her strategy was to undersell the big shots, and she was a merciless negotiator.

No. 8: Know When to Quit
Once, when Buffett was a teen, he went to the racetrack. He bet on a race and lost. To recoup his funds, he bet on another race. He lost again, leaving him with close to nothing. He felt sick — he had squandered nearly a week’s earnings. Buffett never repeated that mistake.

No. 9: Assess the Risks
In 1995, the employer of Buffett’s son, Howie, was accused by the FBI of price-fixing. Buffett advised Howie to imagine the worst- and best-case scenarios if he stayed with the company. His son quickly realized that the risks of staying far outweighed any potential gains, and he quit the next day.

No. 10: Know What Success Really Means
Despite his wealth, Buffett does not measure success by dollars. In 2006, he pledged to give away almost his entire fortune to charities, primarily the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He’s adamant about not funding monuments to himself—no Warren Buffett buildings or halls. “When you get to my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. That’s the ultimate test of how you’ve lived your life.”
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Kok rasanya resep si Warren Buffet ini gak asing ya, sepertinya “Cina” banget juga hahaha … dalam artian positive tentunya, hal-hal yang memang sudah ditanamkan di benak kita turun temurun dari nenek moyang yang berjiwa pedagang. Bedanya si Warren Buffet ini berani untuk berpikir besar dan berani bikin perubahan ketimbang mempertahankan ide-ide konvensional.

Resep favoriteku resep nomor sepuluh, tapi kayaknya masih jauh kesana, karena saat ini pikirannya masih mengejar $$$ dan investasi mulu :p

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There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!

2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.

5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world’s largest private jet company.

6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO’s only two rules. Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder’s money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.

8. Bill Gates, the world’s richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk..

His advice to young people: ‘Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and Remember:
A. Money doesn’t create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don’t do what others say, just listen them, but do what you feel good.
D. Don’t go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.
E. Don’t waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather.
F. After all it’s your life, then why give chance to others to rule our life.’
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wow … wow … wow … “Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk”, orang ini super genius dalam berbinis atau super duper lucky ? The answer is both, I guess…tapi point yang utama adalah cara dia menjalani hidup ini dengan begitu rendah hati meski memiliki harta yang luar biasa, that is a true billionaire. Quote yang paling mengesankan dari Mr. Buffet : “Don’t do what others say, just listen them, but do what you feel good. After all it’s your life, then why give chance to others to rule our life.” (yes, this is our life indeed)

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Bao bao hari ini genap 1 tahun, so cute. Tadi dibawa ke salon, dimandikan, dirapikan bulunya. Sembari menunggu bao bao di salon, meluncur ke sushi hana buat beli baked salmon, karena bao bao seneng sekali maem tuh salmon, emang hao jek sen cing ping !

Pas balik mo ambil bao2, jadi shock, ternyata rambut di kepalanya dipotong juga … sh*t !! jadinya sekarang nggak bisa dikuncir, ampun deh, ini terakhir kalinya potong di salon jalan jawa itu. Rambut daerah hidung yang butuh waktu 1 tahun buat manjangin juga habis , bulu mata yang dari awal udah dikasih tau jangan dipotong (karena terakhir kesana, dipotong habis, tapi cuma di mata sebelah kanan), eh juga hilang. Duh pengen maki2 tuh orang, tapi berhubung ingat kata2 : “Orang bijak bukan tidak punya emosi, tapi dia bisa mengontrol emosinya”, jadi mencoba stay calm down. Sampe di rumah juga tetep emosi, trus cc’ku datang bawa cake buat bao bao, dia hibur aku bilang : “sudahlah, ibarat pake baju, sekarang bao lagi ganti baju, tapi kan dalamnya tetep bao bao” hehehe … ya iya sih, betul juga …. tapi masih tetep aja @#%@$#%@$^%$^!#$

Anyway, met ultah ya bao, semoga bisa panjang umur, sehat, bisa nemenin dan hidup sama2 yang lamaaaa … besok bawa bao bao ke klenteng, sembahyang ke mak kwan im, minta sehat dan panjang umur, ntar kalo reinkarnasi minta jadi manusia aja. I love you bao bao, thank you for making me a lucky owner.

Bao Bao with Retro Hairstyle

Back to 70′s Hairstyle

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Bao bao abis dari salon, potong rambut, so cute my little baby girl … I’m a very lucky owner

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2 bulan sejak resign, perkembangan internet marketing benar-benar mencengangkan. Orang bilang “wah itu berarti kamu lebih cocok kerja sendiri….”, aku cuma bisa senyum senyum aja, karena memang tidak kurang percaya sama yang namanya hokky, tapi lebih percaya dengan kerja keras. Unsur luck memang bisa mepengaruhi, tapi lebih hebat unsur kegigihan, keuletan dan ketekunan. Setelah dianalisa lebih lanjut, kesimpulan perkembangan yang terjadi berujung pada kemampuan untuk lebih konsentrasi mengembangkan website, tuning, belajar (ya, perkembangan internet marketing luar biasa cepat, setiap hari ada ilmu baru yang bisa kita pelajari, dan sangat mengasyikkan kalo memang minat kita disini), dan diversifikasi.

Adsense masih menjadi andalan utama income disini, semoga project kecil affiliate ku bisa berkembang, karena jauh jauh lebih susah untuk mendapatkan komisi berdasarkan penjualan, ketimbang komisi karena visitor mengclick iklan. Tapi hasilnya juga sebanding. Project affiliate awal adalah menggunakan teknik yang diajarkan di forum untuk mendapatkan $100/day dalam 30 hari, well ga usah muluk-muluk $100/day, bisa $100/month dari affiliate aja sudah senang sekali. Tapi memang harus fokus untuk affiliate ini, sering kali perhatian malah tercurah untuk yang lain daripada develop web affiliate, mungkin butuh bantuan outsource untuk pengerjaan content kali ini, semacam investasi awal.

Kenikmatan self-employee adalah kita bisa mengatur waktu kerja sesuka kita, meski saat ini jobless, tapi jam kerja jadi lebih banyak karena tidak ada alasan untuk tidak menghasilkan $$$. Kalau dulu, selesai tidak selesai programming work nya, tetep dapat salary tiap bulan, sedangkan sekarang, konsep pikirannya diubah, jadi “harus” selesai dengan target juga jauh lebih besar .

Anyway, minggu depan akan refreshing ke Yogya, sebenarnya selain refreshing juga membawa misi untuk membicarakan kolaborasi tiga orang internet marketer (bukan gerombolan si berat lho) untuk mengembangkan bisnis online, dan titik pertemuannya di Yogyakarta. Semoga trip kali ini selain mereset pikiran kusut, juga mendatangkan ide-ide baru untuk mengembangkan kerjsama di dunia maya.

PS : Barusan baca the secret, belum selesai sih, tapi isi buku itu bagus sekali, dasar motivasi diri, yang untungnya sudah aku terapkan dari dulu tanpa aku sadari. Sekarang juga sedang mencoba menerapkan latihan dasar dari buku the secret dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.

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