Wall Street Oasis - Investment Banking & Finance Community: Read 500 Pages Per Day

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Read 500 Pages Per Day Jun 3rd 2013, 02:14 Investors are constantly looking for nuggets of wisdom from the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, so this tidbit on Omaha.com caught our eye. It's just one quote from Buffett. He was at a 165 person Columbia University investing class, and one of the students asked him how to prepare for a career in investing. From Omaha.com: ...Buffett thought for a few seconds and then reached for the stack of reports, trade publications and other papers he had brought with him. "Read 500 pages like this every day," said Buffett, or words to that effect. "That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it. Does anyone here actually come close to that mark? I kind of feel guilty for going out on a Saturday night after reading that. I knew Buffet was an avid reader, but 500 pages per day is insane. I don't even think I could do that if reading was my full-time job. read more Media files: preview (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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