Dale Carnegie knew that the most effective way to open a presentation or public speech is to go straight to the personal interests of the audience. It is the most assured way to get attention, as we are mightily interested in the things that touch us significantly. In his book, “How to Develop Self Confidence…
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A Genuine Interest in Other People Will Transform Your Life
Alfred Adler, a famous Viennese psychologist, wrote a book entitled, “What Life Should Mean to You.” In that book he says, “It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all…
Raise Your Powers of Observation—Remember People’s Names
In his book, “How to Develop Self-Confidence & Influence People by Public Speaking,” Dale Carnegie tells the following story about New Jersey’s own Thomas Edison and the powers of observation: Thomas Edison found that twenty-seven of his assistants had used, every day for six months, a certain path which led from his lamp factory to…