From living in the shadow of his billionaire father Warren Buffett, to forging his own path in life, Peter Buffett has cultivated important values that earn him the 'rewards of self-respect and peace of mind'.
In Life Is What You Make It, a personal and candid account of the journey of the Emmy Award-winning musician and philanthropist, Buffett fleshes out the values that he has developed along the way, including his views on the value of money, the notion of privilege, the meaning of success and the idea of giving back.
Buffett is not a typical rich kid. Rather than taking a short cut to a high-flying career in finance, or indulging in opulence, he followed his passion and became a professional musician. He left university and sold his inheritance of shares - had he saved them in the bank, they would now be worth about US$72 million - in order to buy time to figure out if he could earn a living by making music.
'People think I'm either lazy or crazy, but it happens to be true, because I used my nest egg to buy something infinitely more valuable than money,' he writes.
Buffett started his career writing commercial jingles, eventually becoming the musical mind behind early MTV bumpers, and film and television scores.
He believes we can live our lives to the fullest only when we become who we are meant to be. This, in turn, requires the courage to transcend conventions and circumstances.