My $650,100 Lunch with Warren Buffett - By Guy Spier

Buffett has always made a point of doing business with integrity — and of working only with people who share his values. As we learned at lunch, he credits his father with teaching him at an early age to rely on his own sense of what's right, rather than look for affirmation from others. "It's very important to live your life by an internal yardstick," he told us, noting that one way to gauge whether or not you do so is to ask the question, Would you rather be considered the best lover in the world and know privately that you're the worst — or would you prefer to know privately that you're the best lover in the world, but be considered the worst?

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