If you learn reasonably well from other people, you don't have to get any new ideas or do much on your own. Yo... — Warren Buffett

If you learn reasonably well from other people, you don't have to get any new ideas or do much on your own. You can just apply the best of what you see.

Author: Warren Buffett

Insight: Most people think success requires original thinking, but Buffett flips it—he got rich mostly by copying what worked for others. The real skill isn't inventing something new; it's having the humility to steal good ideas and actually follow through when everyone else dismisses them as "not mine."

Source: The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, p. 448, 2008