Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior.
Interpretation
Profits can be achieved while maintaining ethical behavior in business.
Warren Buffett emphasizes the idea that ethical business practices and generating good profits can coexist. He suggests that making a profit doesn't require unethical behavior; instead, businesses can thrive profitably while also being responsible and acting in the best interests of society.
In practice
In a business conference discussing sustainable practices, one might say, 'As Warren Buffett once said, good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior, emphasizing the importance of ethics in our business strategies.'
I have no views as to where it will be, but the one thing I can tell you is it won't do anything between now and then except look at you. Whereas, you know, Coca-Cola (KO) will be making money, and I think Wells Fargo (WFC) will be making a lot of money and there will be a lot - and it's a lot - it's a lot better to have a goose that keeps laying eggs than a goose that just sits there and eats insurance and storage and a few things like that.
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To know oneself is the first step toward making flow a part of one's entire life. But just as there is no free lunch in the material economy, nothing comes free in the psychic one. If one is not willing to invest psychic energy in the internal reality of consciousness, and instead squanders it in chasing external rewards, one loses mastery of one's life, and ends up becoming a puppet of circumstances.
If you make your prayers an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the blessings you already have, instead of requests for things you do not have, you will obtain results much faster.
I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.
Modesty is of no use to a beggar.
Your mindset matters. It affects everything - from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.
If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.
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