Last weekend’s Berkshire-Hathaway events were densely crowded with people eager to catch a glimpse of Warren Buffett. For me, the whole exercise was stimulating, and unsettling at a deep level.

My sense is most of us came there to dream. To dream that we might learn some secret to his success, so we’ll be really successful too. To dream about what it’s like to be that good, to have that much attention, and to be that admired.

18,000 people gathering to hear Warren Buffet.

I come away from the weekend reflecting quite uncomfortably on deep questions about myself. What do I want my life focus to be? Do I want what he has? I don’t think that’s it, so what is *it* for me? When I wake up tomorrow what will I lean my effort into?

Most people seem to me to feel they have to do more or less the same things they did yesterday, put one foot in front of the other, and hope it leads somewhere ok. People, we have way more choice than that. We have the precious gift of wide-open choice about what we do with our lives.

I wonder how many of us dreamer groupies will come home, ponder uncomfortable questions, make courageous choices, and act with consistent intentionality toward the specific future we want. After all, that’s how Warren Buffett did it.