Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnegiewas an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Lincoln the Unknown, and several other books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth24 November 1888
CityMaryville, MO
CountryUnited States of America
Dale Carnegie quotes about
This is the only chance you will ever have on earth with this exciting adventure called life. So why not plan it, and try to live it as richly, as happily as possible?
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you’re doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think of it. Two people may in the same place doing the same thing, and yet one may be miserable and the other happy. Why? Because of a different mental attitude.
We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars.
So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.
Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.
Arouse in the other person an eager want.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
The only way on Earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.
Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.
Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and as yourself, "How can I make this person want to do it?
You are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.