Warren Buffett Says This Is the Rule He Would Live By to Be Happier, if He Could Start All Over Again

No one gets another shot at life, but imagining what you might do with one can be a useful thought exercise. It’s even more enlightening when the person doing it has already been hugely successful the first time around — like, $82 billion successful.

In a 1998 lecture to University of Florida MBA students, business magnate Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, fielded a host of questions on investments and valuations before a thoughtful student asked, “What would you do to live a happier life if you could live over again?”