Original Title 原标题 Warren Buffett says this public speaking class changed his life—4 tips from the course
Every year, before the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting, hundreds of people line up outside the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, to hear Warren Buffett speak.
在每年的伯克希尔哈撒韦股东大会召开前，成百上千的人们排队来到内布拉斯加州奥马哈市的CHI健康中心体育场外面，聆听巴菲特的演讲。
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Some people come for investing tips. Others crave Buffett’s life advice, as CNBC Make It reported last month.
上个月CNBC Make It频道报道，有些人来听演讲是为了从巴菲特那里得到投资诀窍，其他人希望得到人生建议。
But despite his reputation, Buffett wasn’t always a natural orator. The thought of public speaking made him “physically ill,” and he specifically chose college courses to avoid talking in front of a class, he told author Gillian Zoe Segal in an interview for her 2015 book, “
尽管巴菲特大名鼎鼎，如雷贯耳，但是他并不是一名天生的演说家。在接受作家吉莉安·佐伊·西格尔（Gillian Zoe Segal）为她2015年的书《导师之书》的编写的采访时，巴菲特说他曾经想到要进行公共演讲而感到身体不适，曾专门挑选能够避开坐在教室前面的大学课程。
After graduating from Columbia Business School in 1951, Buffett became determined to overcome his fear. He enrolled in a $100 public speaking course at Dale Carnegie Training, an institute named for the influential speaker and author of “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and other bestsellers.
1951年，从哥伦比亚大学商学院毕业后，巴菲特决心克服对演讲的恐惧。他花了100美元参加了戴尔·卡耐基学院的公众演讲培训课程。戴尔卡耐基学院以极具影响力的演说家和以《人性的弱点》为代表的畅销书作者命名。
″[The class] certainly had the biggest impact in terms of my subsequent success,” Buffett told Segal. “A relatively modest improvement [in your communication skills] can make a major difference in your future earning power, as well as in many other aspects of your life.”
“课程对我后来的成功肯定有最大的影响。”巴菲特对西格尔说：“（你的沟通技巧里的）相对很小的提高都能给你将来的赚钱能力带来很大的不同，并且还会影响你生活中的许多其它方面。”
Professionals can still benefit from the lessons Buffett used in that public speaking course, Dale Carnegie CEO Joe Hart told CNBC in 2019. Here are some of the more effective ways to become a better communicator:
戴尔卡耐基培训机构的CEO乔伊·哈特（Joe Hart）在2019年对CNBC说，专业人士仍然能从巴菲特参加过的公共演说课程受益。以下是成为一名更好的沟通者的更有效方法：
1.Learn as much as you can
厚积薄发
Carnegie himself once wrote: “Talk about something that you know and know that you know. Don’t spend ten minutes or ten hours preparing a talk: Spend ten weeks or ten months. Better still, spend ten years.”
卡耐基本人曾经写道：“讲你知道的事情，并且了解你知道的事情。不要只为你的演讲准备10分钟或10小时，要用10周或10个月做准备，如果是10年准备就更好。”
Being an “active learner” like Buffett is important for public speaking for a number of reasons, Hart said: It can help broaden, and deepen, your knowledge on a variety of subjects.
成为像巴菲特那样的“积极学习者”对公共演讲非常重要。哈特说，原因在于积极学习能够帮助我看扩大视野和深化认识，让你掌握很多话题的知识。”
“It’s something that’s made him very successful,” Hart added.
“这是他非常成功的地方。”哈特补充道。
2.Talk about your own experiences
讲述你自己的经历
Making a speech personal is the shortest route to winning people over, Carnegie wrote. Buffett often does this in his talks, adding anecdotes from his life and career to make a point.
卡耐基写道，让演讲充满个人色彩是赢得人们青睐的捷径。巴菲特在演讲中经常这样做，把他自己的生活和职业生涯中的趣闻轶事加入演讲中，以表明观点。
“Carry a sheet of paper with you for a few weeks and write down, as you think of them, all the subjects that you are prepared to talk about through experience,” Carnegie suggested.
卡耐基建议：“连续几个星期里，随身携带一张纸，什么时候想到就写下，记录所有你准备通过经历里谈论的话题。”
3.Jot down notes, not a draft
记下重点而不是照本宣科
When Buffett speaks, he rarely looks at notes: One of Carnegie’s core principles is that a good speech is never fully transcribed beforehand.
当巴菲特演讲时，他很少看笔记。卡耐基演讲课程里其中一个核心原则就是，一个好的演说从来不是事先抄好的。
Refer to brief notes, Carnegie suggested, because reading from a script can keep you from being present.
卡内基建议，演讲时可以参考简洁的笔记，因为照本宣科的读稿会让你无法融入演讲。
“When you stand up to talk, you will probably find yourself trying to remember what you wrote,” he wrote. “That will keep you from speaking naturally and with sparkle.”
他写道：“当你站起来说话时，你可能会发现你在努力回忆你所写的内容。这会让你无法自然又热烈地演说。”
4.Get excited about the topic
对主题感到有热情
Smiling, having “positive energy” and exuding confidence make a huge difference, said Hart.
哈特说，微笑、充满“积极能量”、散发着自信，能带来很大的不一样。
Buffett became passionate about investing, money and achieving success at a young age. That enduring enthusiasm comes through in his speeches and interviews.
巴菲特在很年轻时就对投资、金钱和实现成功充满热情。这种持久的热情在他的演讲和采访中体现出来。
As Carnegie put it: “Even people with only mediocre speaking ability may make superb talks if they will speak about something that has deeply stirred them.”
正如卡耐基写道的：“即使是演说能力非常平庸的人，当说到能激起他们的热情的话题时，他们也会做出一流演讲。”
做好公共演讲的4个有效方法
1.Learn as much as you can 厚积薄发
2.Talk about your own experiences 讲述你自己的经历
3.Jot down notes, not a draft 记下重点而不是照本宣科
4.Get excited about the topic 对主题感到有热情
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Every year, before the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting, hundreds of people line up outside the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, to hear Warren Buffett speak.
在每年的伯克希尔哈撒韦股东大会召开前，成百上千的人们排队来到内布拉斯加州奥马哈市的CHI健康中心体育场外面，聆听巴菲特的演讲。
Some people come for investing tips. Others crave Buffett’s life advice, as CNBC Make It reported last month.
上个月CNBC Make It频道报道，有些人来听演讲是为了从巴菲特那里得到投资诀窍，其他人希望得到人生建议。
But despite his reputation, Buffett wasn’t always a natural orator. The thought of public speaking made him “physically ill,” and he specifically chose college courses to avoid talking in front of a class, he told author Gillian Zoe Segal in an interview for her 2015 book, “
尽管巴菲特大名鼎鼎，如雷贯耳，但是他并不是一名天生的演说家。在接受作家吉莉安·佐伊·西格尔（Gillian Zoe Segal）为她2015年的书《导师之书》的编写的采访时，巴菲特说他曾经想到要进行公共演讲而感到身体不适，曾专门挑选能够避开坐在教室前面的大学课程。
After graduating from Columbia Business School in 1951, Buffett became determined to overcome his fear. He enrolled in a $100 public speaking course at Dale Carnegie Training, an institute named for the influential speaker and author of “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and other bestsellers.
1951年，从哥伦比亚大学商学院毕业后，巴菲特决心克服对演讲的恐惧。他花了100美元参加了戴尔·卡耐基学院的公众演讲培训课程。戴尔卡耐基学院以极具影响力的演说家和以《人性的弱点》为代表的畅销书作者命名。
″[The class] certainly had the biggest impact in terms of my subsequent success,” Buffett told Segal. “A relatively modest improvement [in your communication skills] can make a major difference in your future earning power, as well as in many other aspects of your life.”
“课程对我后来的成功肯定有最大的影响。”巴菲特对西格尔说：“（你的沟通技巧里的）相对很小的提高都能给你将来的赚钱能力带来很大的不同，并且还会影响你生活中的许多其它方面。”
Professionals can still benefit from the lessons Buffett used in that public speaking course, Dale Carnegie CEO Joe Hart told CNBC in 2019. Here are some of the more effective ways to become a better communicator:
戴尔卡耐基培训机构的CEO乔伊·哈特（Joe Hart）在2019年对CNBC说，专业人士仍然能从巴菲特参加过的公共演说课程受益。以下是成为一名更好的沟通者的更有效方法：
1.Learn as much as you can
厚积薄发
Carnegie himself once wrote: “Talk about something that you know and know that you know. Don’t spend ten minutes or ten hours preparing a talk: Spend ten weeks or ten months. Better still, spend ten years.”
卡耐基本人曾经写道：“讲你知道的事情，并且了解你知道的事情。不要只为你的演讲准备10分钟或10小时，要用10周或10个月做准备，如果是10年准备就更好。”
Being an “active learner” like Buffett is important for public speaking for a number of reasons, Hart said: It can help broaden, and deepen, your knowledge on a variety of subjects.
成为像巴菲特那样的“积极学习者”对公共演讲非常重要。哈特说，原因在于积极学习能够帮助我看扩大视野和深化认识，让你掌握很多话题的知识。”
“It’s something that’s made him very successful,” Hart added.
“这是他非常成功的地方。”哈特补充道。
2.Talk about your own experiences
讲述你自己的经历
Making a speech personal is the shortest route to winning people over, Carnegie wrote. Buffett often does this in his talks, adding anecdotes from his life and career to make a point.
卡耐基写道，让演讲充满个人色彩是赢得人们青睐的捷径。巴菲特在演讲中经常这样做，把他自己的生活和职业生涯中的趣闻轶事加入演讲中，以表明观点。
“Carry a sheet of paper with you for a few weeks and write down, as you think of them, all the subjects that you are prepared to talk about through experience,” Carnegie suggested.
卡耐基建议：“连续几个星期里，随身携带一张纸，什么时候想到就写下，记录所有你准备通过经历里谈论的话题。”
3.Jot down notes, not a draft
记下重点而不是照本宣科
When Buffett speaks, he rarely looks at notes: One of Carnegie’s core principles is that a good speech is never fully transcribed beforehand.
当巴菲特演讲时，他很少看笔记。卡耐基演讲课程里其中一个核心原则就是，一个好的演说从来不是事先抄好的。
Refer to brief notes, Carnegie suggested, because reading from a script can keep you from being present.
卡内基建议，演讲时可以参考简洁的笔记，因为照本宣科的读稿会让你无法融入演讲。
“When you stand up to talk, you will probably find yourself trying to remember what you wrote,” he wrote. “That will keep you from speaking naturally and with sparkle.”
他写道：“当你站起来说话时，你可能会发现你在努力回忆你所写的内容。这会让你无法自然又热烈地演说。”
4.Get excited about the topic
对主题感到有热情
Smiling, having “positive energy” and exuding confidence make a huge difference, said Hart.
哈特说，微笑、充满“积极能量”、散发着自信，能带来很大的不一样。
Buffett became passionate about investing, money and achieving success at a young age. That enduring enthusiasm comes through in his speeches and interviews.
巴菲特在很年轻时就对投资、金钱和实现成功充满热情。这种持久的热情在他的演讲和采访中体现出来。
As Carnegie put it: “Even people with only mediocre speaking ability may make superb talks if they will speak about something that has deeply stirred them.”
正如卡耐基写道的：“即使是演说能力非常平庸的人，当说到能激起他们的热情的话题时，他们也会做出一流演讲。”
做好公共演讲的4个有效方法
1.Learn as much as you can 厚积薄发
2.Talk about your own experiences 讲述你自己的经历
3.Jot down notes, not a draft 记下重点而不是照本宣科
4.Get excited about the topic 对主题感到有热情
相关文章：
知识像复利一样强大——巴菲特建议，要想变得富裕和成功，就要每天阅读500页
投资要趁早、复利力量大，成为有钱人很容易——总净值1320亿美元，大部分65岁后积累而来，巴菲特成功的启示
巴菲特的投资建议：找到在睡觉时也能挣钱的方法，否则你将要劳累一生。尽快启动你的被动收入流