Two anxiously awaited newsletters!
2/27/17
Each year, I look forward to two annual newsletters. The Bill and Melinda Gates letter came on Valentine’s Day. Warren Buffet’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders came this past Saturday.
Both newsletters are full of confidence for today and the future. Buffet’s letter focuses on the American stock market and what its trends broadly represent. Buffet wrote “America’s economic dynamism… One word sums up our country’s achievements: miraculous… Americans have combined human ingenuity, a market system, a tide of talented and ambitious immigrants, and the rule of law to deliver abundance beyond any dreams of our forefathers.”
The Gates newsletter’s emphasis is on world poverty and what those trends represent. Bill Gates wrote “Actually, in significant ways, the world is a better place to live than it has ever been. Global poverty is going down, childhood deaths are dropping, literacy is rising, the status of women and minorities around the world is improving.”
Melinda Gates added “Optimism is a huge asset. We can always use more of it. But optimism isn’t a belief that things will automatically get better; it’s a conviction that we can make things better.”
The Gates newsletter ends on a positive note regarding the success of their initiatives: “We can’t put a date on these events, and we don’t know the sequence, but we’re confident of one thing: The future will surprise the pessimists.”
Each of these two newsletters are lengthy but are worth reading as they provide lots of reasons for each of us to be upbeat. I’m already looking forward to next year’s. Trackback from your site.