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The 3 Things Successful People Do All Day Long

Nov. 13, 2011

One of the best pieces I have read recently comes from Chris Mayer at The Daily Reckoning, a great website that I wholeheartedly recommend for thoughts on economics, politics, and business. In his article, Mayer quotes people like Warren Buffett and ...

Andrew R. Thomas Blog

One of the best pieces I have read recently comes from Chris Mayer at The Daily Reckoning, a great website that I wholeheartedly recommend for thoughts on economics, politics, and business.

In his article, Mayer quotes people like Warren Buffett and argues that the 3 things successful people do all day long include reading, conversing, and thinking.

Buffett, for example, hates meetings. Instead, he talks on the phone or in person with people who are at least as smart as, if not more so, than him: around 2 hours a day.

He also spends about 6 hours a day reading.

Lastly, he takes time to think.

In today's overloaded and shallow world, where needless information and inputs can overwhelm us, it is good to remember that the tried and true human skills of deep reading, conversation, and thought are still needed; and so often make success possible.

About the Author

Andrew R. Thomas Blog | Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business

Andrew R. Thomas, Ph.D., is associate professor of marketing and international business at the University of Akron; and, a member of the core faculty at the International School of Management in Paris, France.

He is a bestselling business author/editor, whose 23 books include, most recently, American Shale Energy and the Global Economy: Business and Geopolitical Implications of the Fracking Revolution, The Customer Trap: How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake in Business, Global Supply Chain Security, The Final Journey of the Saturn V, and Soft Landing: Airline Industry Strategy, Service and Safety.

His book The Distribution Trap was awarded the Berry-American Marketing Association Prize for the Best Marketing Book of 2010. Another work, Direct Marketing in Action, was a finalist for the same award in 2008.

Andrew is founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Transportation Security and a regularly featured analyst for media outlets around the world.

He has traveled to and conducted business in 120 countries on all seven continents.