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Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.

Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
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Maryville
Missouri
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If you want to be happy, set yourself a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Happiness is within you. It comes from doing some certain thing into which you can put all your thought and energy. If you want to be happy, get enthusiastic about something.
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I tend to think shorts are too casual That's just not businesslike.
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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt.
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Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
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Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
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Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.
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Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener
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Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
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People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.
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Encouragement makes a fault easy to correct, and a challenge easy to take on.
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