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Another Great little video from Abraham-Hicks:

Extravagance is not a word associated with Warren Buffett, he’s one of the richest men in the world (I think actually the richest at the moment) and yet he shows what it is to live a life of humility and service.

He still lives in a modest home in Omaha Nebraska that he bought 50 years ago and he doesn’t have flash European cars, on top of that he’s highly ethical in all his dealings.

While there’s nothing wrong with living a grand life, it’s more important to be clear that the material possessions don’t add anything to your worth as a human. It seems Warren is very clear about this.

So here are some tips from the great man in being happy:

• Think Simply – “I want to be able to explain my mistakes. This means I do only the things I completely understand.”
• Live Simply - “I just naturally want to do things that make sense. In my personal life too, I don’t care what other rich people are doing. I don’t want a 405 foot boat just because someone else has a 400 foot boat.”
• Look for Simple pleasures - “I have simple pleasures. I play bridge online for 12 hours a week.”
• Find Someone you admire - “I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be. The qualities of the one you admire are the traits that you, with a little practice, can make your own, and that, if practiced, will become habit-forming.”
• Money should never be your primary motive - “If you’re doing something you love, you’re more likely to put your all into it, and that generally equates to making money.”
• Find the happiness inside you - “In my adult business life I have never had to make a choice of trading between professional and personal. I tap-dance to work, and when I get there it’s tremendous fun.”

The way I read this is that Warren is into feeling good in the moment, everything else is a flow from his enjoyment and enthusiasm for life and so the outcomes don’t really matter that much.

Warren’s an inspiration and shows what true abundance is, his outer abundance is simply a reflection of his inner abundant nature. The truth is that we can all live this way right in this moment, we don’t need to wait until our circumstances look better!

It may not be easy to accept that we can be happy without our circumstances supporting this, but it comes down to seeing the choice and choosing it, consciously.

If you find yourself thinking, “yeah, it’s easy for him because he’s got the money”, well… maybe, but why not see if you can live this way anyway?

As a side note, a further testament to Warren’s character is that he is systematically donating all his wealth, with 83% going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation over the next 10 years, that’s approximately $4.5 Billion per year! I don’t know about you, but Warren shows me what we as humans are capable of when we let our spirit fly.

Angelo Campione

Here’s a nice little video about Warren: