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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.

Dale Carnegie

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
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Acceptance Improvement Preparation Worst Yourself
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping .
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Deep Happiness Person Praise Seek
Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
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Believe Bored Death Heart Life Live Work Yourself
Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.
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Improvement Profit Try Yourself
Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.
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Listening Talk Time
People aren’t interested in you. They’re interested in themselves.
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Interest People Yourself
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
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Empathy Quick Wrong
The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don’t lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.
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Choice Interest Leadership Live World
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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Fun People Rare
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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Criticism Dangerous Hurt Important Person Pride
Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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Happiness Remember Thinking Yourself
Good leaders are scarce; so I’m following myself.
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Follow Goodness Leadership Myself
Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
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Attitude Charge Choice Yourself
Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.
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Ability Criticism Encouragement
An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, “Things that never happened.”
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Happiness Himself Man Old
An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
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Action Management Planning Save Time Yourself

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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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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