Beberapa waktu yang lalu, saya baru saja membaca sebuah buku. Di samping isinya yang luar biasa, saya cukup tersentuh ketika membaca kata pengantarnya. Berikut adalah nukilan sebagian dari kata pengantar buku tersebut:

I turned off my Quotron at the Fidelity Magellan Fund on. May 31, 1990. This was exactly 13 years from the day I took the job. Jimmy Carter was president back then, and he admitted to having lust in his heart. I had lust in my heart as well—lust for stocks. In the end, I figure I'd purchased more than 15,000 of them for investors in Magellan—and many more than once. No wonder I'd gotten a reputation for never having met a share I didn't like.

My departure was sudden, but it wasn't something I dreamed up overnight. The task of keeping track of so many companies had begun to take its toll by mid-decade, as the Dow hit 2000 and I hit 43. As much as I enjoyed managing a portfolio the size of the GNP of Ecuador, I missed being home to watch the children grow up. They change fast. They almost had to introduce themselves to me every weekend. I was spending more time with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Sallie Mae than I spent with them.

When you start to confuse Freddie Mac, Sallie Mae, and Fannie Mae with members of your family, and you remember 2,000 stock symbols but forget the children's birthdays, there's a good chance you've become too wrapped up in your work.

In 1989, with the Great Correction of 1987 already behind us and the stock market sailing along smoothly, I was celebrating my 46th birthday with my wife, Carolyn, and my daughters, Mary, Annie, and Beth. In the middle of the party, I had a revelation. remembered that my father had died when he was 46 years old. You start to feel mortal when you realize you've already outlived your parents. You start to recognize that you're only going to exist for a little while, whereas you're going to be dead for a long time. You start wishing you'd seen more school plays and ski meets and afternoon soccer games. You remind yourself that nobody on his deathbed ever said: "I wish I'd spent more time at the office."

Preface of "Beating The Street" by Peter Lynch, former Fidelity Magellan Fund Manager

NB: Bro Gebet, kok ga ada menu untuk edit teksnya ya?