The first thing greeting visitors to my studio-come-office on our Mooi River farm is a beaming yours truly sandwiched between Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger – the priceless memory of my meeting with two financial geniuses known to the world through their creation, Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett and Munger’s old-fashioned values and wisdom that only comes from the extremely well read, has influenced the lives of thousands, myself included. That photograph is a daily reminder that life should be a process of aspiring for more than material benefits.
It should bother all of us that many of the best South African authors ply their trade writing authorized biographies or are caught in the Struggle Era where harsh, crude imagery is obligatory.
As a country boy raised on Western flicks, old-time values and games of make-believe, the American Civil War always had an inherent attraction.
In this superb Op-Ed in the New York Times, the man rated as the world’s top management thinker, Clayton Christensen, says the winner of the presidential election must face “the capitalist’s dilemma.” Christensen, A professor at Harvard University, is the author of the international bestseller The Innovator’s Dilemma.