Ranked as the world's
wealthiest person in 2008 and as the third wealthiest person in 2011. Warren
Edward Buffett (/ˈbʌfɨt/; born August 30,
1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is
widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century. Buffett is
the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway and
consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. In 2012, American
magazine Time named Buffett one of the most influential people in the world.
Buffet’s biggest contribution
on his success rooted on his skills of influencing people. He invested on his self-development he took the Dale Carnegie course "How to Win Friends and Influence
People" when he was 20 years old, and to this day has the diploma in his
office.
What is in this
book that the great investor and one of the wealthiest people on earth so proud
of and boast that the principles of this book really help him to achieved big-time success.
The above video summaries
the content of the great book
Twelve Things This Book Will Do For You
1. Get you out of a
mental rut, give you new thoughts, new visions, new ambitions.
2. Enable you to make
friends quickly and easily.
3. Increase your
popularity.
4. Help you to win
people to your way of thinking.
5. Increase your
influence, your prestige, your ability to get things done.
6. Enable you to win
new clients, new customers.
7. Increase your
earning power.
8. Make you a better
salesman, a better executive.
9. Help you to handle
complaints, avoid arguments, keep your human contacts smooth and pleasant.
10. Make you a better
speaker, a more entertaining conversationalist.
11. Make the principles
of psychology easy for you to apply in your daily contacts.
12. Help you to arouse
enthusiasm among your associates.
Major section of
the book are divided into core principles and quoted below.
Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
·
Don't
criticize, condemn, or complain.
·
Give
honest and sincere appreciation.
·
Arouse
in the other person an eager want.
Six Ways to Make People Like You.
1. Become genuinely
interested in other people.
2. Smile.
3. Remember that a
person's name is, to that person, the sweetest and most important sound in any
language.
4. Be a good listener.
Encourage others to talk about themselves.
5. Talk in terms of
the other person's interest.
6. Make the other
person feel important – and do it sincerely.
Twelve Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking.
1. The only way to get
the best of an argument is to avoid it.
2. Show respect for
the other person's opinions. Never say "You're Wrong."
3. If you're wrong,
admit it quickly and emphatically.
4. Begin in a friendly
way.
5. Start with
questions to which the other person will answer yes.
6. Let the other
person do a great deal of the talking.
7. Let the other
person feel the idea is his or hers.
8. Try honestly to see
things from the other person's point of view.
9. Be sympathetic with
the other person's ideas and desires.
10. Appeal to the
nobler motives.
11. Dramatize your
ideas.
12. Throw down a
challenge.
Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense
or Arousing Resentment.
·
Begin
with praise and honest appreciation.
·
Call
attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
·
Talk
about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
·
Ask
questions instead of giving direct orders.
·
Let
the other person save face.
·
Praise
every improvement.
·
Give
the other person a fine reputation to live up to.Use encouragement. Make the
fault seem easy to correct.
·
Make
the other person happy about doing what you suggest.
Seven Rules For Making Your Home Life Happier
1. Don't nag.
2. Don't try to make
your partner over.
3. Don't criticize.
4. Give honest
appreciation.
5. Pay little
attentions.
6. Be courteous.
7. Read a good book on
the sexual side of marriage.
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