Post: #26

(01-05-2014 04:09 PM)Giovonny Wrote:  Warren Buffet lives with 2 women.

Google it.

He is a lot more interesting than you might think.

I'm sure he's had a lot of fun in life and still does to this day. The guy was banging the head of the Washington Post in its 70's post-watergate heyday

I cannot imagine how someone could criticize one of the wealthiest men in the world's life.

Rundown house:


Warren Buffet is probably richer as a person than everyone in this forum, and I'm not talking in a financial sense.

Post: #27

(01-06-2014 12:56 AM)worldwidetraveler Wrote:  

(01-05-2014 10:46 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:  

(01-05-2014 01:33 PM)samsamsam Wrote:  This thread makes me think of a quote I heard once. Just paraphrasing.

Play now, work later. Work now, play later. Whatever you do last, you do longest.

That is exactly right. Another issue is that if you cruise through your 20's without developing a work ethic, organizational skills, and the myriad of other character traits needed for long-term financial success it is highly unlikely that you will develop those attributes later in life.

I have seen friends and family party through their 20's (and even their 30's) and it does not end well, unless you want to settle for an average job, little savings, and few options later in life. IMO, it is short-sighted and stupid.

If you work hard while you are young and bank some serious capital you will have more life options than 99.9% of those persons living in the industrialized world. Just as importantly, you will deserve it -- and appreciate it.

I applaud the OP for at least pondering that question. Few guys his age do.

Yep, I cringe when I hear about traveling throughout your 20's and working later in life. I don't see any skills being developed and good luck with employers hiring someone who hasn't had a long term job for about 10 years.

Agreed. Its about developing a career or business that allows you to live abroad permanently.

I think most people here grew up in America, have friends/family there still, don't know any other languages, etc. They will return after a few years.

Then, there are the hardcore guys who are making frienda abroad, earning 100% of their cash abroad, buying property, dating hotter girls than they had in the states.

These guys will have no problem financially because they aren't travelling: they're immigrants. Thats what I am- an immigrant, at a new home far away from America.

Travel is OK, but settling down in a good spot is better.