He began experimenting with Carnegie's techniques, and though Buffett certainly didn't shed his social awkwardness overnight, he found that all of the book's advice worked for him and ingrained it within himself. When Warren Buffett was 15 years old, he found a copy of Dale Carnegie's " How to Win Friends & Influence People" on his grandfather's bookshelf.Īs Alice Schroeder writes in her biography of the billionaire investor, " The Snowball," Buffett was having difficulty fitting in at high school, and so the title was too much to resist. Its main principles focus on persuading people through charm and confidence rather than aggression. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett credits Dale Carnegie's teachings with transforming his life.īuffett studied Carnegie's book "How to Win Friends & Influence People" when he was 15.
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