Warren Buffett, who has amassed 99% of his wealth since the age of 50, revealed that the secret lies in “compound.” When you lend money, interest is added to the principal as income. Initially, interest is applied only to the principal, but compound interest is applied to both the principal and the accumulated interest. Therefore, at first, it seems negligible, but over time, significant wealth growth takes place. The same principle applies to reading: even if your reading speed is slow, consistently reading just a few books each day can lead to a wealth of knowledge. After a year, this accumulated knowledge creates a network effect, allowing you to quickly absorb new information. Consequently, your reading speed increases dramatically, leading to an exponential growth in the volume of material you can handle. This exemplifies the compound interest effect. Even small, consistent actions taken daily can build up and create a compound interest effect over time. Cartoonist Lee Hyun-se sta...
Offline retailers are going to be ruined. People assume the cause might be Internet commerce. But if you analyze the data, it doesn't make sense. In the U.S., online sales have grown more than 30-fold over the past two decades, but Internet shopping accounts for only 11% of total consumer sales. According to U.S. government statistics, Americans spend most of their income on SERVICES, NOT GOODS. This means they purchase a car rental service instead of possessing a car, a cloud service instead of having computer software and hard drives, and a fresh food delivery service every morning instead of buying the ingredients for food. It also means that people avoid buying manufactured or harvested goods, but want to buy the servitization goods in the categories of manufacturing and agriculture. This phenomenon is called " Servitization of Manufacturing". - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”