You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
DALE CARNEGIESo if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments.
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Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.
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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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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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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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Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
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Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.
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Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
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Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.
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Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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People aren’t interested in you. They’re interested in themselves.
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If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
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Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
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90% of all management problems are caused by miscommunication.
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Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it. To someone who has seen a dozen people frown, scowl or turn their faces away, your smile is like the sun breaking through the clouds.
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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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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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If we speak poorly about that which we do well, people will assume we perform poorly!
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Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
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Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.
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I’ve found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.
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Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.
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Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.
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