198 THE WARREN BUFFETT WAY
Buffett, over his lifetime, has tried different investment gambits. At a
young age he even tried his hand at stock charting. He has studied with
the brightest f inancial mind of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham,
and managed and owned a host of businesses with his partner, Charlie
Munger. Over the past f ive decades, Buffett has experienced double-digit
interest rates, hyperinf lation, and stock market crashes. Through all the
distractions, he found his niche, that point where all things make sense:
where investment strategy cohabits with personality. “Our (investment)
attitude,” said Buffett, “f its our personalities and the way we want to live
our lives.”^6
Buffett ’s attitude easily ref lects this harmony. He is always upbeat
and supportive. He is genuinely excited about coming to work every day.
“I have in life all I want right here,” he says. “I love every day. I mean, I
tap dance in here and work with nothing but people I like.”^7 “There is
no job in the world,” he says, “that is more fun than running Berkshire
and I count myself lucky to be where I am.”^8