股神巴菲特(Warren Buffett)高龄88岁，直到去年5月公司股东会活动都维持多年传统，在众人围观下与好友比尔盖兹(Bill Gates)打台球，展现他既有头脑也有体力的养生成果。

彭博资讯统计，截至4月16日，巴菲特以870亿元身家，高居美国第三大亿万富豪，也是全球第四大。

财经新闻网站CNBC报导，在今年出版的一本社会领袖现身说法新书“Getting There: A Book of Mentors”中，巴菲特提出给年轻人的人生建议，但并非大家想知道的投资秘诀，而是长期运动对身体健康的好处。

以下摘录巴菲特在书中受访的第一人说法：

∎ Let’s say that I offer to buy you the car of your dreams. You can pick out any car that you want, and then when you get out of class this afternoon, that car will be waiting for you at home.

假设我提议送你一辆汽车，你梦想中的汽车，可以挑选任何想要的款式，而且今天放学后就会停在你家等着你。

∎ It’s the only car you’re ever going to get...in your entire life.  Now, knowing that, how are you going to treat that car?

只不过，你的一生就只有这么一辆车，知道这点后你会怎么照顾车子？

∎ You’re probably going to read the owner’s manual four times before you drive it; you’re going to keep it in the garage, protect it at all times, change the oil twice as often as necessary.

你可能会好好看看使用手册，开上马路前先读个四遍。你会把车子放在车库、好好保护，必要时甚至换两次机油。

∎ If there’s the least little bit of rust, you’re going to get that fixed immediately so it doesn’t spread — because you know it has to last you as long as you live.

只要车子有一点点生锈，你会马上处理，不让状况恶化，因为你明了只要自己活多久，车子就必须撑多久。

∎ The position you’re in with your car is exactly the position you’re in concerning your mind and body.

你对于照顾车子的观念，完全就是对待自己身心灵的应有概念。

∎ You have only one mind and one body for the rest of your life.  If you aren’t taking care of them when you’re young, it’s like leaving that car out in hailstorms and letting rust eat away at it. If you don’t take care of your mind and body now, by the time you’re 40 or 50, you’ll be like a car that can’t go anywhere.

你的一生只有一个脑袋、一具身体，如果年轻时不好好照顾，就会像车子冲出一场冰风暴一样，让铁锈满车都是。如果你现在不好好照顾自己的头脑及身体，等到40岁或50岁时，你就会像一辆哪里都去不了的车子一样。

∎ All in all, I’ve enjoyed remarkably good health — largely because of genes, of course — but also, I think, because I enjoy life so much every day.

总的来说，我的身体一直很不错，当然大多是因为基因，但我觉得也是因为我每天都在享受生活。