If you had the resources to accomplish something great in the world, what would you do?
Legendary investor Warren Buffett posed this challenge to his son in 2006, when he announced he was leaving the bulk of his fortune to philanthropy. So, Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on Earth—nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. And Howard has given himself a deadline: forty years to put more than $3 billion to work on this challenge.
Each of us has about forty chances to accomplish our goals in life. Howard learned this lesson through his passion for farming: all farmers can expect to have about forty growing seasons, giving them just forty chances to improve on every harvest. This lesson applies to all of us, however, because we all have about forty productive years to do the best job we can, whatever our passions may be.
Forty Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World is a book that captures Howard's journey. We join him around the world as he seeks out new approaches to ease the suffering of so many. It is told in a unique format: forty stories that will provide readers a compelling look at Howard's lessons learned, ranging from his own backyard to some of the most difficult and dangerous places on Earth.
Download and start listening now!
“The Jewish Talmud teaches that if you save one
life you save the entire world. Howard Buffett has lived this prescription, and
in the process has saved the world many times over. Forty Chances illustrates that his commitment and passion to help
folks out of poverty, at home and especially in the developing world, has had a
remarkable and measurable impact on the lives of farmers and rural citizens
worldwide. Forty Chances should be a
primer for all our citizens on how one man has the passion to save the world and
how we can all follow his lead in our own way.”
—
Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman