Warren Buffett was showing a documentary making film crew around his office when he told them:
“In my office, you will not see the degree I have from the University of Nebraska, or the master’s degree I have from Columbia University, but you’ll see the certificate I got from the Dale Carnegie course I took.”
When one of the richest men on the planet prizes a Dale Carnegie course certificate over his prestigious academic achievements, it gets you thinking (doesn’t it?).
What Mr. Buffett knows is that the ability to get along with people is super high on the list of must-haves for people that want to get on in life.
A super quick way for you to get everyone up to speed with this important skill would be to buy each member of your team their own copy of Dale Carnegie’s book: ‘How To Win Friends And Influence People’.
And if you really want to make it stick, create a reading club around the book and then meet once a week to discuss a chapter.
Yes, the book is 85 years old, but the insights – like rule#1: Become genuinely interested in other people – are timeless.
