People tend to have much more faith in ideas that we discover for ourselves rather than ideas that are handed to us on a silver platter. And if that’s true, isn’t it bad judgment to try to ram your opinions down the throats of other people? Isn’t it wiser to make suggestions—and let the other…
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Be Yourself and Let Everything Else Fall Into Place
Dale Carnegie always said that each of us is something new in the world. Be glad of it, and make the most of what nature gave you. In the last analysis, all art is autobiographical. You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences,…
Make Your Daily Problems Seem Easy by Comparison
Ted Ericksen once told Dale Carnegie how he used to be a terrible “worry wart.” But in the summer of 1942, when he was a young man just starting out on his life’s path, he had an experience that banished worry from his life for all time, and made every other trouble seem small by…
Eight Words That Can Transform Your Life
Dale Carnegie was once asked what was the biggest lesson he had ever learned. He replied that, “By far, the most vital lesson I have ever learned is the importance of what we think.” You see, Carnegie knew that our thoughts make us what we are—our mental attitude is the “X” factor that determines our…