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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.

Dale Carnegie

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 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
Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.
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Listening Talk Time
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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Development Encouragement Failure Success
You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
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Existence Fear Make Up Mindset Yourself
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
Don’t ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time
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Himself Important Man Time
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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Accomplishment Aspiration Attention Conversation Goodness Listening Person Yourself
Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener.
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Goodness Listening Persuation
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.
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Believe Hold Work Yourself
Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
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Attitude Charge Choice Yourself
Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don’t think so. Don’t condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.
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People Remember Tolerance Try Understand Wrong
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
Try honest to see things from the other person’s point of view.
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Honesty Person Point See Try View
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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Attention Interest Oneself People Time Win
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
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Action Breed Confidence Doubt Fear
if you want to keep happiness, you have to share it!
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Happiness Share Yourself
You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
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Achievement Success Yourself
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
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 must make a mistake, make a new one each time.
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Mistake Time Yourself
It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.
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Circumstance Determination Feeling Ourselves Reaction
If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.
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Conversation Goodness Interest Listening Yourself
90% of all management problems are caused by miscommunication.
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Communication Management Problem
Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
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Afraid Attack Enemy Friendship Praise Yourself
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

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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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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