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Friday, September 29th, 2006

Fundamental Principles for Overcoming Worry

Have you ever noticed how worry always anticipates the worst, and brings about apprehension or anticipation of danger, misfortune, trouble, or uncertainty?
Worry is a state of restlessness and agitation, producing mental disturbance, uneasiness, foreboding, anxiety, and painful uncertainty that can debilitate one into non-action.
Dale Carnegie suggests that to avoid worry one should:

1. Live [...]

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Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Be a Leader

Dale Carnegie further suggested:

1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
2. Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly.
3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
5. Let the other person save face.
6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be “hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.”
7. Give the other person a [...]

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Saturday, September 16th, 2006

Win People to Your Way of Thinking

Dale Carnegie taught:

1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
2. Show respect for the other person’s opinion. Never say, ”you’re wrong.”
3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
4. Begin in a friendly way.
5. Get the other person saying, “yes, yes” immediately.
6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
7. Let [...]

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Friday, September 8th, 2006

Become a Friendlier Person

A young salesman and aspiring actor traveled to New York and began teaching communication classes to adults at a local YMCA. From that simple beginning, in 1912 the work soon became part of the world-famous Dale Carnegie Course.
Mr. Carnegie became a prominent lecturer and a much sought-after counselor to world leaders. He wrote newspaper columns [...]

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Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

Healed Femurs & The Sense of a Goose

The story is told of the famous anthropologist Margaret Mead, who one day was asked, “What was the first sign of civilization you look for in any given culture?” Undoubtedly, the questioner may have been expecting Dr. Mead to unlock the mysteries of ancient history and reveal the intuitive secrets of a notable scientist simply [...]

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