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<li><p>Warren Buffet, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is a well-known investor and a vocal champion of personal development.</p>
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<li><p>He talks a lot about personal success and has a litmus test to measure your success in life, which is, in fact, the ultimate test.</p>
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<li><p>He says the real measure of success in life is when the people whom you want to love you actually do love you.</p>
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<p>Love is the most powerful force in the universe and the more love you give away, the more love you get.</p>
<p><em>Love, kindness, empathy and trust are, believe it or not, the pillars of success. When your customers, employees, clients and stakeholders are blessed with your sincere love and care, everything else falls into place.</em></p>

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<div><span><span dir="ltr">By <a title="Read more Inc. articles by Marcel Schwantes" href="https://www.inc.com/author/marcel-schwantes" dir="ltr">Marcel Schwantes</a>, Founder and Chief Human Officer, Leadership From the Core</span></span></div><div><span><span>@MarcelSchwantes</span></span></div><figure><picture><source media="(max-width:600px)" srcset="https://www.incimages.com/uploaded_files/image/970x450/GettyImages-849879388_429641.jpg"><source media="(min-width:601px)" srcset="https://www.incimages.com/uploaded_files/image/1920x1080/GettyImages-849879388_429641.jpg"><img src="https://www.incimages.com/uploaded_files/image/1920x1080/GettyImages-849879388_429641.jpg" alt="Warren Buffett Says Your Biggest Test of Having Lived a Successful Life Comes Down to 1 Word" width="635" height="357"></picture><figcaption dir="auto">Getty Images</figcaption></figure><p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.inc.com/business-insider/warren-buffett-recently-invested-in-amazon.html" dir="ltr">Berkshire Hathaway</a>&nbsp;chairman and CEO&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/warren-buffett-says-3-decisions-in-life-separate-high-achievers-from-mere-dreamers.html" dir="ltr">Warren Buffett</a>,&nbsp;the greatest investor of our generation, is also&nbsp;a champion of personal development who has shared a surplus&nbsp;of advice&nbsp;to help us live a good life.</p><p data-selectable-paragraph="" dir="ltr">One of Buffett's most&nbsp;famous nuggets of pure unadulterated wisdom&nbsp;is&nbsp;key to <a href="https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/warren-buffett-says-all-successful-people-have-this-1-rare-thing-in-common.html" dir="ltr">personal success</a>. Not only that, but it's also especially applicable&nbsp;in light of the tragedy surrounding the senseless killing of George Floyd.</p><p data-selectable-paragraph="">As the nation grapples with daily protests, riots, and looting, it's fitting to me that the biggest missing element to squelch the flames of racism comes down to one four-letter word espoused by Buffett in this famous quote:</p><BLOCKQUOTE><p data-selectable-paragraph="">Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have&nbsp;love&nbsp;you actually do&nbsp;love&nbsp;you. That's the ultimate test of how you have lived your life. The more you give&nbsp;love&nbsp;away, the more you get.</p></BLOCKQUOTE><h2 data-selectable-paragraph="">The ultimate test.</h2><p data-selectable-paragraph="">Love is the most powerful force in the universe and, in good&nbsp;practice in relation to other human beings, should give you a personal or business advantage over a lifetime, as it has for Buffett.</p><p data-selectable-paragraph="">And the best way to launch love as the ultimate test of your success is&nbsp;to&nbsp;give&nbsp;it away.&nbsp;</p><p data-selectable-paragraph="">As Buffett says in this quote, people can't be in the position to receive love if they aren't willing to place themselves in the position to give it away. To that end, here are three ways business professionals can manifest actionable and practical love for business outcomes.&nbsp;</p><h2>Give love away to your peers and colleagues.</h2><p dir="ltr">Society has taught us that we have to compete and "win" at all costs to make it to the top, sometimes at the expense of others. Along the way, we became self-absorbed and forgot about service, compassion, gratitude, and respect. In other words,&nbsp;<em dir="ltr">we forgot how to love in the workplace</em>.</p><p>Our peers, colleagues, and co-workers are human like the rest of us; they&nbsp;want to experience connection, care, and kindness&nbsp;-- the behaviors&nbsp;associated with actionable love so they can feel safe and like they belong, do their best work, and perform at the highest level.&nbsp;</p><h2>Give love away to your employees (if you're a leader).</h2><p>Loving your employees&nbsp;is best expressed through&nbsp;valuing them as&nbsp;human beings, removing&nbsp;obstacles from their path, and giving them&nbsp;the opportunity to do what they&nbsp;do best every day.</p><p>Leadership love is demonstrated by encouraging&nbsp;employees to think and act like individual entrepreneurs; it's empowering&nbsp;them to take action, embrace risk, and make decisions as if they had founded the company themselves.</p><p>This is what will set them up for success. And when they succeed, your business succeeds.</p><h2>Give love away to&nbsp;your customers.</h2><p>To provide more value than your competitors, learn&nbsp;the rare virtue of empathy as a business practice&nbsp;to understand your&nbsp;customers on a deeper level.</p><p>Spend&nbsp;more time with them and develop&nbsp;honest relationships on a real human level of understanding about their true needs.</p><p>So many companies&nbsp;fail because they are&nbsp;more focused on adding bells and whistles to their product than listening intently first to their customers' felt needs, and then providing real value. In other words, they are&nbsp;more in love with their&nbsp;product than with their customer, which can be costly.</p><p dir="ltr">By putting Buffett's rule into effect -- giving more love away to get more love <em dir="ltr">your</em> way --&nbsp;success is just around the corner.&nbsp;</p><div>Jun 4, 2020</div><figcaption class="caption" dir="ltr">Like this column? 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