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Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

Dale Carnegie

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
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Creature Deal Emotion Logic People 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
The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.
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Change Feeling Important Life Person
Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person’s viewpoint.
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Deal People Point Success View
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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Argument Avoid Best Way
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 successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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Different Himself Man Profit Success Way
People aren’t interested in you. They’re interested in themselves.
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Interest People 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 you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
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Empathy Quick Wrong
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
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
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Accomplishment Hope Important World
It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.
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Circumstance Determination Feeling Ourselves Reaction
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
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
If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.
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Compassionate Forget Kindness Remember Yourself

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

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