It is harder and harder these days for people to stand out among the crowds. So many personalities. So many opinions. So many conflicting interests. Here are 3 simple tips for standing out among the rest. Empower Others. Many leaders come from the Type A personalities of controlling everything, which often means planning and doing…
Thick Skin, Sense of Humor, Short-Term Memory
In a sales meeting not long ago and not so far away, the sales manager was standing up in the front of the conference room jotting information on the chalk board. It was getting ugly fast. Things had not been going very well as it approached the end of the month. With about 15 salespeople…
Does Giving Gratitude Guarantee Better Health?
Dale Carnegie’s second Human Relations principle says to, “Give honest, sincere appreciation.” In his best-selling business book of all time, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Mr. Carnegie explains how showing appreciation helps to develop and strengthen relationships because people love to be thanked. As a child, I loathed writing thank you cards for…
Be Thankful for All You Have This Thanksgiving
A week from today, November 24, we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the U.S. But November 24 this year also marks another milestone—the 123rd anniversary of Dale Carnegie’s birth. Giving thanks for what he had in life formed the basis for virtually all of Dale Carnegie’s life principles. In a rare book entitled, “Dale Carnegie… as…