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So 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.

Dale Carnegie

Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener.
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Goodness Listening Persuation
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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Himself Lonely Person Walk Way World
If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
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Advice Caution Let Go Yourself
If we speak poorly about that which we do well, people will assume we perform poorly!
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Action Assumption Ourselves Poor Talk
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
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Condition Feeling Habit Possible Present Yourself
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
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Empathy Quick Wrong
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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Enemy Hurt Ourselves Time Try Wasted Time
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
Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
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Attitude Charge Choice Yourself
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
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Complaint Control Criticism Fools Forgiveness Understand
if you want to keep happiness, you have to share it!
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Happiness Share Yourself
Cash can buy, but it takes enthusiasm to sell.
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Attitude Cash Enthusiasm Money Sales
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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Chance Debate Listening Resistance Talk Understand
The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.
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Afraid Decision Defeat Fear Forget Hard Work Way
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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Different Himself Man Profit Success Way
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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Frustration Resentment Work Worry

So 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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So 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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