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Talk to anyone about himself positively and he'll listen without interruption.

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
Anyone
Talk
Without
Interruption
Interruptions
Positively
Listen

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Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.
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We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars.
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I know men and women can banish worry, fear and various kinds of illnesses, and can transform their lives by changing their thoughts. I know! I know! I know! I have seen such incredible transformations performed hundreds of times. I have seen them so often that I no longer wonder at them.
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Do things for others and you'll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew.
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History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners.
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When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
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Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature.
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(A smile) costs nothing, but creates much.
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Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
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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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You can't get anywhere in this world without wanting to do something.
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criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.
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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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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
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How often we all have heard speakers begin by calling the attention of the audience to their lack of preparation or lack of ability. If you are not prepared, the audience will probably discover it without your assistance.
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