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DON'T MISS: The ultimate guide to becoming a master communicator and public speaker"[The class] certainly had the biggest impact in terms of my subsequent success," Buffett told Segal. Professionals can still benefit from the lessons Buffett used in that public speaking course, Dale Carnegie CEO Joe Hart told CNBC in 2019. Don't spend ten minutes or ten hours preparing a talk: Spend ten weeks or ten months. Refer to brief notes, Carnegie suggested, because reading from a script can keep you from being present. Take CNBC's new online course Become an Effective Communicator: Master Public Speaking.

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Warren Buffett has words of wisdom for young people early in their careers. Second: In order to reach your goals, hone your communication skills. Developing communication skills is "a modest improvement that can make a major difference in your future earning power, as well as in many other aspects of your life," Buffett told Gillian Zoe Segal in an interview for her 2015 book, "Getting There: A Book of Mentors." It's an "essential" skill, no matter what job you're in, because you need to be "able to get others to follow your ideas," he added. Understanding how to communicate can help you land a job or a promotion, experts say — and "communication" was ranked No.

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☆ Warren Buffett wants young people to know: Ignoring this is like 'leaving a car out in hailstorms'
▼ + stars: | 2019-04-12 | by ( Gillian Zoe Segal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

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.

☆ Billionaire Warren Buffett: 'This $100 college course gave me the most important degree I have'—and it's why I'm successful today
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-21 | by ( Gillian Zoe Segal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

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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