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Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.

Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
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Motivational Speaker
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Maryville
Missouri
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We talk a lot about the importance of physical exercise to wake us up out of the half sleep in which so many of us walk around. But we need, even more, some spiritual and mental exercises every morning to stir us into action. Give yourself a pep talk every day.
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Do the very best you can.
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There is a reason why the other man thinks and acts as he does. Ferret out that reason — and you have the key to his actions, perhaps to his personality. Try honestly to put yourself in his place.
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Make a man laugh a good hearty laugh, and you've paved the way for friendship. When a man laughs with you, he, to some extent, likes you.
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If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.
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One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.
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Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.
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Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.
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Today is the only time we can possibly live.
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Close your eyes. You might try saying. . . something like this: The sun is shining overhead. The sky is blue and sparkling. Nature is calm and in control of the world-and I, as nature's child, am in tune with the Universe. Or-better still-pray!
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We are gods in the chrysalis.
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I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.
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When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
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Believe that you will succeed, and you will.
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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 can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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Look your audience straight in the eyes, and begin to talk as if every one of them owed you money.
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