The Fourteen Lives of Matt Perry

Who Can Say How Words In This Book Will Be Received ? Will Readers Respond To A Message About Immigration And Resilience ? I Know My Own Reaction. I Came To The Conclusion That Nobody Would Buy In. That Was A Switch Because I Had Believed People Would Eat Up My Every Word. As I Wrote A Change Came Over Me. I Began To Believe That My Words Would Also Change Others. Even Warren Buffett The Modern King Midas. I Began To See That My Book Was Not Just About Emigration And Resilience But Also About Repentance And Redemption. I Accepted The Notion That This Was My Pactolus The River Which Had Lifted The Burden Of Greed And Threat From Midas Whose Food And Drink--And Daughter--Turned Into Gold At His Touch. Suddenly Midas Was Free To Live Like A Person Who Could Touch His Food Drink And Family Members Without Bad Results. He Was Freed From His Addiction To Wealth. -------------- My 77-Year-Span Unfolded Before My Eyes. I Recorded All Traumas In Detail--A Million Words Hundreds Of Pages. Slowly I Began To Understand That I Was Having A Conversion Experience. ------------- I Went From Admiration And Love Of Pennies Nickels Dimes Riches Wealth--An Addicted State Of Mind--To The Realization That I Had A Condition Which I Call Buffett Mania. As BuffettS Biographer Schroeder Wrote This Year Buffett Did Not Control Money. Rather Money Controlled Warren Buffett. In Omaha Buffett Stole His SisterS Bicycle-Because He Wanted A Trade-In As He Bought A Bicycle For Himself. He Shop-Lifted Golf Balls At Sears In Washington So He Could Sell Balls Himself. During My Careers As Chemical Engineer And Stock-Market Analyst I Observed Buffett Mania In My Engineering And Business Associates But Overlooked My Addiction. I Still Have Traces Of This Mental Illness. Now I Have Decided To Be A Man--To Confront Warren Buffett With My Book. BuffettS Biographer Describes His Mania In