Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
DALE CARNEGIEAre you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
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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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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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90% of all management problems are caused by miscommunication.
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Believe you will be successful and you will.
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Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.
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People aren’t interested in you. They’re interested in themselves.
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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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Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
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Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.
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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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The most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence, and makes the difference between a man of sense and a fool.
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The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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It isn’t work that makes you tired, it’s your mental attitude.
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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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Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone’s face.
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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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Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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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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If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don’t want to be.
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An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
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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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Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.
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Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
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Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.
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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.
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