Buffet Quote12 Jan 2022 15:37
What a great quote from Buffet.Who is the guy on CNBC who says "I drink one cup of coffee in the morning,it costs me 13 cents,and i invest the rest",makes his own and pockets the difference if he bought at Starbucks et al.
Any young guy who is poor can easily not buy a newspaper,Coffee (i make better coffee myself !!),buy a car for practical reasons.rather than buy a car with bells and whistles on for 2k more,etc.Save and then wait till they spot a opening ,Property ?/investment etc,and then pounce.
Not all people can,but there is a lot of disposable income that most people have,compared to say the 40's 50's where most people had zero left at the end of the week after they had bought the bare essentials.
So i just love these little gems that smart people come up with,and great if it gets young people out of the mire, and helps them to get on in life.
In 1970 a guy told me that getting the first £20k is the hardest, (lot more now obviously )then if you are smart,"money goes to money".I listened ,he sounded smart,checked out what he said, and bought my first property.This was after the 1973 market crash,and the 1980 gold price fall,a disaster for me.I took solace in the fact that Henry Ford went bust twice before it came good for him.Since then ,blue skies.
The old saying "if at first you don't succeed,try try again".Personally, it felt i more like ,"If at first you don't succeed,try, try, try ,try, try,...................!!!".
Things can be achieved even from humble beginnings