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Most people don’t miss the strategy. They miss the patience. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made that clear while recounting a conversation with Berkshire Hathaway Chair Warren Buffett.

“I once asked Warren Buffett, why don’t more people copy your investment strategy? It’s not that difficult to understand in principle,” Bezos said at the America Business Forum in 2025.

“And he said, ‘Oh, Jeff, that’s easy. My approach is a get-rich-slowly scheme.’ And people don’t like those.”

“If you can think in terms of seven years instead of three years, and you can defer gratification and think long term, that will give you a head start…