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As with most things in life, Buffett says there's just one catch: It's the only car you're ever going to get...in your entire life. "If there's the least little bit of rust, you're going to get that fixed immediately so it doesn't spread — because you know it has to last you as long as you live." In other words, the way you treat your car should be no different than the way you treat your body. "You have only one mind and one body for the rest of your life," Buffett says. "If you aren't taking care of them when you're young, it's like leaving that car out in hailstorms and letting rust eat away at it.
In getting to know "The Oracle of Omaha," I learned something incredibly surprising: Up until the age of 20, he had a fear of public speaking. "Just the thought of it made me physically ill," the billionaire shares in his "Getting There" essay. Who would have thought that one of the most successful investors in the world once had a fear of public speaking? During Buffett's time at Columbia Business School, he saw an ad in the paper for a Dale Carnegie public speaking course for college students. "So again, I saw the ad in the paper and went down to sign up; but this time, I handed the instructor $100 in cash.
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