Warren Buffett on Writing Your Own Obituary and Living a Fulfilling Life

Personal Development
Written By Evan Burk

At Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting last Saturday, Warren Buffett was asked for advice on avoiding mistakes in inversting and in life. Buffett's response was simple: "If you want to know how to live your life, write your own obituary and figure out how to live up to it."

Buffett explained that by writing your own obituary, you can identify the things that you want to be remembered for. Once you know what you want your legacy to be, you can start living your life in a way that will help you achieve it.

Buffett's advice is simple, but it is powerful. By taking the time to think about what you want your obituary to say, you can start making choices that will help you live a life that is true to yourself.

Writing your own obituary can help you to clarify your values and priorities, and also help you to identify the things that are most important to you in life. By setting goals for yourself based on the things that you want to be remembered for, you can create a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

Evan Burk

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures.

Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU.

After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.

Evan received his B.S. in business management from the University of Colorado, and his Master of Liberal Studies degree from Southern Methodist University. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

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