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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
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Motivational Speaker
Psychologist
Teacher
Writer
Maryville
Missouri
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnagey
Dale Harbison Carnegie
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Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.
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arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.
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Great speakers are not born, they're trained.
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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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One of the surest ways of making a friend and influencing the opinion of another is to give consideration to [his or her] opinion, let [him or her] sustain a feeling of importance.
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Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
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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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Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.
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You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.
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Let the other person save face.
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A barber lathers a man before he shaves him.
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Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
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Create happiness for others.
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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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Learn to love, respect and enjoy other people.
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Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
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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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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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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
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