i'm a massive advocate of learning from the experiences of others and surrounding yourself
with people that are more successful than you in whatever path you want to go down and when
it comes to success at least monetary success warren buffett happens to know a couple of things
and he's very generous in terms of sharing his experiences and giving life advice to students
and young people and before i start real quick i finally release the transform your grades in 30
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course launches at the end of the month and now back to the video this is warren buffett's best
advice for students in 2021 invest in yourself warren buffett once said on the television show
good morning america investing in yourself is the best thing you can do and it makes sense why this
is his biggest piece of advice because whether it involves improving your studying learning new
skills hiring a coach or even going back to school investing in yourself is one of the best returns
on investment because once you have gained that knowledge and that experience you have it forever
in today's volatile world even more so with this pandemic among us you can lose your investments in
paper assets in commodities in real estate as soon as the economy moves up and down at the same time
you can lose your marketability employability all your competitive edges your skills become outdated
and obsolete so it's important that you keep investing in yourself to keep your skill set sharp
by far the best investment you can make is in yourself it's just hugely important and
you if you invest in yourself nobody can take it away from you fix your bad habits
buffett claims that habits have the potential to either help or hinder you he says that the trick
involves breaking free in whatever trap you're in before it's too late buffett encourages people
to develop good habits sooner rather than later because and these are its own words you can get
rid of bad habits a lot easier at your age than at my age because most behaviors are
habitual the chain of habits are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken
he said i see people with these self-destructive behavioral patterns they really are entrapped by
them so everyone has bad habits they want to break because it's easy to let yourself go and stop
eating healthily stop exercising regularly and not studying as much as you know you should but
feeling happy and positive requires a daily investment in a conscious effort to improve
yourself which often begins with letting go of unhealthy habits and engaging in healthy
ones understand your weaknesses and strengths use that knowledge of knowing what you're good at and
what you're not so good at to capitalize on the things that you do well and avoid the risk of
getting in over your head in your weaker areas and buffett advises you don't have to be an expert on
everything but knowing where the perimeter of that circle of what you know and what you don't know
and staying inside of it is all important he said and according to buffett it's important that we
double down on our strengths it's basically the concept of specialization of labour
thousands of years ago each person had to be a jack of all trades just to get by
but these days we tend to have a more specialized skill set so for example one person cooks food all
day and sells it on the street while another person writes software in an office all day
then at lunch time the office worker goes downstairs and eats at the person street stall
so these two individuals exchange money for the food each one focuses on using their strengths
because it would be time consuming and inefficient for the programmer to have to cook himself every
lunch time and the food seller probably wouldn't be very good at writing software could it get done
if they switched probably but the quality would certainly be lower and that's why we specialize
take calculated risks warren buffett explained while talking to a university of florida class
there isn't anything wrong with taking risks but you should only do so for appropriate reasons
buffett has seen plenty of individuals and businesses alike take risks where they would have
been better off holding back he noted that greed is typically what makes people take extravagant
risks however at the same time it is important to take calculated risks taking a risk to achieve
a goal requires courage to face the fear of uncertainty it could be attending a university
far away from home or taking a challenging course joining a new club or university society or even
starting your own business no matter what the outcome is we grow through the process of becoming
more resilient and capable love what you do warren buffett said in a commencement speech
you really should take a job that if you were independently wealthy that would be the job that
you would take you will learn something you will be excited about it and you will jump out of bed
you probably be infinitely happier doing the work that you love than doing something because
it pays well or because it looks good on your resume and we've all heard the quote choose a
job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life find something that you really
enjoy doing if you can do it and not you know not everybody's lucky enough to be able to find that
but it's it ought to be your goal but to make ten dollars a week more doing something that you don't
feel good about compared to something you'd feel good about you know make a change and as someone
who has had jobs that i didn't particularly like and jobs that i have fallen in love with and i'm
passionate about like the one that i'm doing right now i can tell you it's absolutely true
surround yourself with people you admire people you respect and admire are the people that you
should be surrounding yourself with and buffett often talks about how important mentorship is
and benjamin graham an economist professor and investor played a significant role in
buffett's life as his mentor he advises students to spend their time hanging out with individuals
with aspirational qualities because you start to become the average of the people you spend
the most time with it relates to the law of averages which is the theory that the result
of any given situation will be the average of all outcomes and when it comes to who we surround
ourselves with we are greatly influenced whether we like it or not it affects how we think how
we behave and the decisions we make so if you're aiming for better grades at school or university
it could be a good idea to start spending more time with students that are already achieving high
grades it makes sense right confront your fears you shouldn't not do something because you're
afraid things that must be done to achieve success should not be obstructed by fear and buffett
claims that he used to be scared of speaking in public and to get over this he attended a
course hosted by dale carnegie the world famous american writer and lecturer fast forward to
today and buffett is a frequently quoted speaker he is also highly sought after all over the world
and if you are scared to do certain things or have weak points that could be strengthened
take steps to perfect them in doing so you'll become more accustomed to doing those things well
never miss a great opportunity although the majority of advice given by warren buffett is
of a cautious and conservative nature he believes strongly in taking advantage of fortuitous
situations when opportunity knocks he said in a commencement speech at georgia state university
big opportunities in life have to be seized we don't do very many things but when we get the
chance to do something that's right and that's big we've got to do it and even to do it in a
small scale it's just as big a mistake almost as not doing it at all you've really got to grab them
when they come because you're not going to get 500 great opportunities stop procrastinating bill
gates once wrote that being jealously protective of his time was an important lesson he'd learned
from buffy there are only 24 hours in everyone's day warren has a keen sense of this he doesn't let
his calendar get filled up with useless meetings even though you're not a multi-billionaire you
shouldn't either and the biggest problem that most students are guilty of is procrastination whether
it's watching youtube when you know you should be studying or scrolling through social media for
hours a day when that time could be used far more wisely but your time is a precious resource and
it's so important that you treat it as such and if you are struggling with procrastination and your
grades are suffering but you're willing to invest in yourself and make a commitment to finally
get your studying back in check then my transform your grades in 30 days course is perfect for you
because i know what you're going through i was the world's biggest procrastinator for
most of high school and as a result i graduated with a 1.3 gpa and fast forward to university
and i graduated in the top five percent of my university i was able to completely transform my
grades and i'm going to show you exactly how i did it and personally guide you through the process
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