HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener -

Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you is very important. Nothing else is so flattering as that."

I had listened because I was genuinely interested. And he felt it.

Principle 3 - Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

The name sets the individual apart; it makes him or her unique among all others.

Your smile is a messenger of your good will. Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it.

Preserve a right mental attitude the attitude of courage, frankness, and good cheer. To think rightly is to create. All things come through desire and every sincere prayer is answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed.

Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal. Keep your mind on the great and splendid things you would like to do, and then, as the days go gliding away, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing upon the opportunities that are required for the fulfillment of your desire,

Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp.