that cause my stomach to turn. it s like marrying for money. it s dumb and i think it s really dumb if you re already rich, right? [ laughter ] let me ask you h.w. b., what is the single best lesson you ve learned? my father and grandma father are the most amazing role models anyone could imagine. i ve watched my grandfather build what has been one of the greatest fortunes in the world and turned it into history s greatest gifts and empowering my father to go out and change the world and take that opportunity he s exaggerating no don t worry, you re still in the will. that s what 40 chances are about, what howard, my dad has been able to do. it s a great line you use, warren, you always wanted to give your kids enough money they could do whatever they want to do in life but not enough that they would do nothing. they can do anything but not enough to do nothing. we got plenty of tweets.
say, by his family, by his sons, his grandchildren, when you look down the line here, what do you feel about these two guys? i would love to be judged by the two howards. i feel very good about that. fortunately, they got their mother s genes. for viewers tuning in, they know you warren but may not be familiar with hw. give me an assessment. it started slow. [ laughter ] i think for the first two or three years we thought about putting him up for adoption. but he has developed into a terrific human being and i love backing him in charitable work and he s done the same with his son. there is a reason i feel extremely grateful to your son and i ll play a clip why. this is last time i interviewed howard.
models anyone could imagine. i watched my grandfather build what has been one of the greatest poor tins in the world and history s greatest gifts and in doing so empowering my father to change the world and take that opportunity he s exaggerating the will [ laughter ] that s really that s what 40 chances is about, what howard, what my dad has been able to do with that the opportunity my grandfather gave him. warren, you always wanted to give your kids enough money they could do whatever they wanted to do in life but not enough they would do nothing. enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing. let s take a break. i want viewers to tweet me questions you would like for them. we have a signed copy of this book 40 chances signed by the family and if you re really lucky, i ll put in a copy of my book shooting straight which will devalue it more.
that moment was sealed with the famous buffet handshake and i knew then i had a deal because howard, the buffet hand shake means a lot, right? well, what i ve learned growing up in our family is that, you know, integrity is everything, and, you know, everybody makes mistakes but i believe as my dad says, you know, you stick with people. you give people a second chance and that s the values that, you know, we ve had in our family, and i gave him more than a second chance. yeah [ laughter ] i keyed him up for that one. fascinating deals with you did with your son when he was young. i ve got three sons, i like the way you think. on the hand shake business, how many men in the world or women, people you do business with do you trust personally for a big deal on the strength of a hand shake, percentage wise.
your children, your grandchildren, your family, your extended family? well, i want them to be good citizens, good parents. i want the world to be better off because they were here. what else? makes a great character? i know you think a great rule of investing in life and business is character is one of the big things, not getting into debt is another but character, integrity, what is your definition of that? i m not sure i can give you a great one but i know it when i see it and i feel good about all three of my children. it wasn t always that way. [ laughter ] a work in progress? a few years, but they felt the same way about me. the second most important piece of advice i ve been given is surround yourself with people that have even greater integrity than you have and greater intelligence. that s easy. that s easy for me to do. exactly. is it hard growing up, howard with this?