He reportedly spends as much as six hours a day soaking up knowledge by reading books.

據報導，他每天花 6 個小時閱讀書本，吸收知識。

If you're looking to broaden your horizons and increase your chances of success, Buffett suggests to try what worked for him.

如果你想要拓展你的知識，增加成功的機會，巴菲特推薦你嘗試他的方法。

Here's advice he gave to a group of grad students at Columbia Business School.

他是這麼對哥倫比亞大學商學院的畢業生們說的。

"Read 500 pages like this every day. That's how knowledge works."

「獲得知識的方式，就是每天閱讀 500 頁。」

"It builds up, like compound interest."

「你的知識會隨著你閱讀得越多而累積得越多，像複利一樣。」

To kick off your reading, here are five notable books that Warren Buffett personally recommends.

在開始閱讀前，不妨參考巴菲特個人推薦的 5 本名著。

Number one. "Keeping at It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government"

第一本，《堅持到底：對穩健貨幣和好政府的不懈追尋》。

Buffett speaks highly about the late Paul Volcker's 2018 book. Volcker served as the chairman of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

巴菲特高度讚賞這本由已故保羅．伏克爾於 2018 年出版的回憶錄。伏克爾在卡特和雷根任職美國總統時期擔任聯準會的主席。

"I've always had Paul Volcker up on a special place, special pedestal in terms of Federal Reserve chairmen over the years."

「在歷任聯準會主席當中，伏克爾是我特別尊敬的一位領導人。」

"We've had a lot of very good federal chairmen, but Paul Volcker, I've had him at the top of the list."

「我們有很多很厲害的聯準會主席，但伏克爾是我遇過能力最好的。」

Number two. "The Intelligent Investor"

第二本，《智慧型股票投資人》。

Only Buffett's words will do "The Intelligent Investor" justice.

聽巴菲特一席話，你就知道《智慧型股票投資人》有多強。

In the preface to the fourth edition, Buffett writes, "I read the first edition of this book early in 1950, when I was 19."

巴菲特在幫《智慧型股票投資人》第四版寫序時表示「我在 1950 年閱讀了這本書的初版，我當時才 19歲。」

"I thought then that it was by far the best book about investing ever written."

「我那時候覺得這是當時寫得最好的投資書。」

"I still think it is."

「我現在依然這麼覺得。」

Number three. "The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success"

第三本，《非典型經營者的成功法則：8 個企業成功翻轉的案例》。

In "The Outsiders", author William Thorndike documents the remarkable success of eight CEOs, including one of Buffett's own execs at Berkshire Hathaway, all who had a counterintuitive approach to the corporate strategy.

在這本書中，作者威廉．索恩戴克紀錄了 8 位優秀執行長的故事，8 位故事主人翁當中還包括了巴菲特旗下公司——波克夏海瑟威的一位經理人，他們都採用了非典型的策略去管理公司。

In his 2012 annual letter, Buffett praised "The Outsiders" by calling it "... an outstanding book about CEOs who excelled at capital allocation."

巴菲特在 2012 年寫給股東的信中稱讚這本書是「關於資金分配能力出色之執行長們的故事」。

"It has an insightful chapter on our director, Tom Murphy, overall the best business manager I've ever met."

「作者在書中寫出了對我們公司經理人湯姆·墨菲的深刻見解。湯姆·墨菲也是我遇過最優秀的經理人。」

Number four. "The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor"

第四本，《投資最重要的事：一本股神巴菲特讀了兩遍的書》。

Howard Marks, the co-founder and chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk.

橡樹資本管理的聯合創始人兼董事長霍華．馬克斯，向來以對市場機會和風險的獨到評估著稱。

After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, Mark's distilled the investing insight of his celebrated client memos into this book.

馬克思用 40 年的時間爬到專業投資管理的頂端，並把多年來寫給著名客戶的投資備忘錄集結成冊。

And number five. "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns"

第五本，《約翰柏格投資常識》。

Buffett recommended this book by John C. Bogle in his 2014 annual letter. It's an especially important book for first-time investors.

巴菲特在 2014 年寫給股東的信中推薦了這本由約翰·柏格寫的書。閱讀這本書對投資新手特別重要。

"Rather than listening to their siren songs, investors⏤large and small⏤should instead read 'The Little Book of Common Sense Investing'."

「不論是投資大戶還是散戶，比起道聽途說，更應該先讀《約翰柏格投資常識》。」