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Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

Dale Carnegie

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
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Happiness Impression Oneself Reason
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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Blessing Irritation Moments Posession Worry
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
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
90% of all management problems are caused by miscommunication.
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Communication Management Problem
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
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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Lying Sleep Worry Yourself
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
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
An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
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Action Management Planning Save Time Yourself
If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.
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Development Help Interest Mindset People Principle
Good leaders are scarce; so I’m following myself.
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Follow Goodness Leadership Myself
Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
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Exception Existence Fear Mindset
Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
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Generosity Karma Life True Yourself
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
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Correct Easy Encouragement Mistake
Take a chance! All life is a chance
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Chance Life One Liner

Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

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