Handbook inc.’s Success Super Book : a definitive Consolidation of 25 Perspectives to Guide your Future Success

Warren Buffett Says 
Anyone Can Achieve 
Success by Following 
1 Simple Formula He 
Uses Every Day
BY MARCEL SCHWANTES@MARCELSCHWANTES

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BUFFET’S 
INFAMOUS 
READING HABIT 
IS WHAT HE 
ATTRIBUTES 
AS THE 
FOUNDATIONAL 
TOOL TO 
IMPROVE 
KNOWLEDGE.
Over the span of your lifetime, the Buffett formula should give you 
an advantage, as it has Buffett. And the best way to launch it into 
daily practice is to do what Buffett does every day: Read.
A lot.
Buffet’s infamous reading habit is what he attributes as the 
foundational tool to improve knowledge. He is a voracious reader 
who spends 80 percent of his own day reading, and he suggests that 
anyone hoping to achieve similar success should read 500 pages 
per day.
That also means making the time to read. “I read and think,” 
Buffett once said. “So I do more reading and thinking, and make 
less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because 
I like this kind of life.”
He’s not alone. 
Bill Gates reads about 50 books per year?. ?Mark Cuban reads 
more than three hours a day. Elon Musk? ?When asked about how 
he learned to build rockets, he said, “I read books.”
Buffett doesn’t limit building up his knowledge to books alone. 
He reads six newspapers a day, including The Wall Street Journal, 
Financial Times, The New York Times, USA Today, Omaha World-
Herald, and American Banker.

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WHETHER OR 
NOT YOU HAVE 
TIME FOR SUCH 
AN AMBITIOUS 
GOAL IS 
LARGELY 
IRRELEVANT.
Whether or not you have time for such an ambitious goal is largely 
irrelevant. The point of the Buffett formula is to make whatever 
progress you can. Few of us can actually squeeze in a 500-page goal 
with our busy schedules. But most of us, with some intentionality, 
can fit in 15 pages, maybe 20 pages each day, improving our level 
of knowledge in the process. 

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As 2014 comes to a close and we prepare to turn the page on the 
calendar, it’s inevitable that you’ll think about success. Was it a 
successful year? Do you feel as though you accomplished what you 
wanted? Where did you fall short? And perhaps most importantly, 
how can you make 2015 even more successful?
Some of those answers, of course, depend on how you define 
success. Like many, I grew up equating money and power with 
success, and for a time, that framed my definition. But as I’ve 
matured, that has changed. You see, success is a very personal 
thing. What drives one entrepreneur may be radically different for 
another. And understanding how others measure success can help 
you better understand your own definition.
For me, it’s “Success is spending the majority of my time focused 
on work or tasks that are fulfilling, leveraging my Zone of 
Genius, maximizing my potential and helping other people in 
a meaningful way while providing the freedom, lifestyle and 
experiences that I desire”
I APPROACHED 
A NUMBER OF 
“SUCCESSFUL” 
PEOPLE. MOST 
OF THEM ARE 
CEOS OR RUN 
ORGANIZA-
TIONS THAT 
THEY STARTED. 
WHAT ARE 
THEIR DEFINI-
TIONS OF SUC-
CESS?