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Melinda French Gates shares the advice Warren Buffett gave her when she felt overwhelmed: I replay it in my head when I get tough on myself

Warren Buffett with Melinda French Gates (Credit: Lacy O'Toole—CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
  • Billionaire Melinda French Gates is not immune to trials and tribulations in her career, but she often looks for advice in nonagenarian Warren Buffett, who once told her, “Find your bull’s-eye of what you’re working on, and let the other things fall away.”

Despite having over $14 billion to her name, Melinda French Gates, too, gets anxious and worried about the impact of her work. 

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