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Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
Biographer
Motivational Speaker
Psychologist
Teacher
Writer
Maryville
Missouri
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnagey
Dale Harbison Carnegie
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When dealing with people, let us remember that we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity. ...Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
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If you disagree with them you may be tempted to interrupt. But don't. It is dangerous. They won't pay attention to you while they still have a lot of ideas of their own crying for expression. So listen patiently and with an open mind.
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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. Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.
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Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.
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Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
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So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.
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Each party should gain from the negotiation.
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Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.
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Great speakers are not born, they're trained.
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Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.
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If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are.
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I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.
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'When you have a lemon, make a lemonade.' That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds that life has handed him a lemon, he gives up and says, 'I 'm beaten. It is fate. I haven't got a chance.' Then he proceeds to rail against the world and indulge in an orgy of self-pity .
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(A smile) costs nothing, but creates much.
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Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves - morning, noon and after dinner.
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Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal.
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STOP AND LOOK out the window and see how beautiful the world is. It is there-enjoy it. Go out tonight and look up at the stars. They are the wonders of nature
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It isn't work that makes you tired, it's your mental attitude.
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You are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing
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