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Many People Think That If They Were Only In Some Other Place, Or Had Some Other Job, They Would Be Happy. Well, That Is Doubtful. So Get As Much Happiness Out Of What You Are Doing As You Can And Don't Put Off Being Happy Until Some Future Date.

-Dale Carnegie

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Many People Think That

Dale Carnegie

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Many People Think That If They Were Only In Some Other Place, Or Had Some Other Job, They Would Be Happy. Well, That Is Doubtful. So Get As Much Happiness Out Of What You Are Doing As You Can And Don't Put Off Being Happy Until Some Future Date.

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When The Fierce, Burning Winds Blow Over Our Lives-and We Cannot Prevent Them-let Us, Too, Accept The Inevitable. And Then Get Busy And Pick Up The Pieces.

Suppose You Had Inherited The Same Body And Temperament And Mind That Al Capone Had. Suppose You Had Had His Environment And Experiences. You Would Then Be Precisely What He Was. . . . For It Is Those Things - And Only Those Things - That Made Him What He Was. . . . You Deserve Very Little Credit For Being What You Are - And Remember, The People Who Come To You Irritated, Bigoted, Unreasoning, Deserve Very Little Discredit For Being What They Are.

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If Only The People Who Worry About Their Liabilities Would Think About The Riches They Do Possess, They Would Stop Worrying.

Flattery Is Counterfeit, And Like Counterfeit Money, It Will Eventually Get You Into Trouble If You Pass It To Someone Else.

Counterfeit Money

Knowledge Isn’t Power Until It Is Applied.

If You Believe In What You Are Doing, Then Let Nothing Hold You Up In Your Work.

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Life Is Too Short

An Argument Would Have Begun To Steam And Boil And Sputter - And You Know How Arguments End. Even If I Had Convinced Him That He Was Wrong, His Pride Would Have Made It Difficult For Him To Back Down And Give In.

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Flaming Enthusiasm, Backed Up By Horse Sense And Persistence, Is The Quality That Most Frequently Makes For Success.

Do The Very Best You Can.

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If You Got It, Ask Yourself Why And Try To Repeat The Action. If You Failed, Ask Yourself Why And Try To Learn From The Experience.

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We Move Toward What We Picture In Our Minds.

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Give The Other Person A Fine Reputation To Live Up To.

If You Want To Be A Good Conversationalist, Be A Good Listener. To Be Interesting, Be Interested.

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People Who Talk Only Of Themselves Think Only Of Themselves.

Whenever Roosevelt (theodore) Expected A Visitor, He Sat Up Late The Night Before, Reading Up On The Subject In Which He Knew His Guest Was Particularly Interested. For Roosevelt Knew, All The Leaders Royal Road To A Person's Heart Is To Talk About The Things He Or She Treasures Most.

Take A Chance! All Life Is A Chance. The Man Who Goes Farthest Is Generally The One Who Is Willing To Do And Dare.

I Realize Now That People Are Not Thinking About You And Me Or Caring What Is Said About Us. They Are Thinking About Themselves-before Breakfast, After Breakfast, And Right On Until Ten Minutes Past Midnight. They Would Be A Thousand Times More Concerned About A Slight Headache Of Their Own Than They Would About The News Of Your Death Or Mine.

Thinking About You

So, To Prevent Fatigue And Worry, The First Rule Is: Rest Often. Rest Before You Get Tired.

Practice, Practice, Practice In Speaking Before An Audience Will Tend To Remove All Fear Of Audiences, Just As Practice In Swimming Will Lead To Confidence And Facility In The Water. You Must Learn To Speak By Speaking.

Be A Good Listener. Encourage Others To Talk About Themselves.

Influencing People

The Very Best Way In All The World To Overcome Self-consciousn Ess And Shyness Is To Get Interested In Other People And To Think Of Them And, Almost Miraculously, Your Timidity Will Pass. Do Something For Other People. Practice Deeds Of Kindness, Acts Of Friendliness, And You'll Be Surprised To See What Happens.

People Aren't Interested In You. They're Interested In Themselves

Remember, Today Is The Tomorrow You Worried About Yesterday.

Names Are The Sweetest And Most Important Sound In Any Language.

Keep Your Mind Open To Change All The Time. Welcome It. Court It. It Is Only By Examining And Reexamining Your Opinions And Ideas That You Can Progress.

Happiness Is Largely An Attitude Of Mind, Of Viewing Life From The Right Angle.

Do You Know The Most Important Trait A Man Can Have? It Is Not Executive Ability; It Is Not A Great Mentality; It Is Not Kindliness, Nor Courage, Nor A Sense Of Humor, Though Each Of These Is Of Tremendous Importance. In My Opinion, It Is The Ability To Make Friends, Which, Boiled Down, Means The Ability To See The Best In Man.

You Can Conquer Almost Any Fear If You Will Only Make Up Your Mind To Do So. For Remember, Fear Doesn't Exist Anywhere Except In The Mind.

In A Nutshell - Fundamental Techniques In Handling People; Principle 1 - Don't Criticize, Condemn Or Complain; Principle 2 - Give Honest And Sincere Appreciation; Principle 3 - Arouse In The Other Person An Eager Want.

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?

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