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Make new friends, join new organizations, enlarge your social orbit.
Do select friends who have views different from your own.
Select friends who are interested in positive things, friends who really do want to see you succeed.
Then, too, it’s better to have fewer things and have quality than to have many things and have junk.
Don’t let small-thinking people hold you back. Jealous people want to see you stumble. Don’t give them that satisfaction.
1. Grow the attitude of I’m activated. 2. Grow the attitude of You are important. 3. Grow the attitude of Service first.
To activate others, to get them to be enthusiastic, you must first be enthusiastic yourself.
To get enthusiastic, learn more about the thing you are not enthusiastic about.
In everything you do, life it up.
People go along with the fellow who believes what he says. Say it with life.
Whenever you leave a person, ask yourself, “Does that person honestly feel better because he has talked with me?”
It pays to make “little” people feel like big people.
When you help others feel important, you help yourself feel important too.
Remember, praise is power. Invest the praise you receive from your superior. Pass praise on down to your subordinates, where it will encourage still greater performance.
The person who says he wants to be poor usually suffers from a guilt complex or a feeling of inadequacy. He’s like the youngster who feels he can’t make As in school or make the football team, so he pretends he doesn’t want to make As or play football.
Always give people more than they expect to get.
Success depends on the support of other people.
being likable makes you lighter to lift.
Take the initiative in building friendships—leaders always do.
Don’t be a reformer. Put a little more “live and let live” into your philosophy.
Think first class about everyone around you, and you’ll receive first-class results in return.
The person who does the most talking and the person who is the most successful are rarely the same person.
Don’t be a conversation hog. Listen, win friends, and learn.
Ask yourself, “What can I do to make myself more deserving of the next opportunity?” 2. Don’t waste time and energy being discouraged. Don’t berate yourself. Plan to win next time.
An only fair idea acted upon, and developed, is 100 percent better than a terrific idea that dies because it isn’t followed up.
The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise, but to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise.
Use action to cure fear and gain confidence. Here’s something to remember. Action feeds and strengthens confidence; inaction in all forms feeds fear.
Build confidence. Destroy fear through action
People who get things done in this world don’t wait for the spirit to move them; they move the spirit.
Tell yourself, “I’m in condition right now to begin, I can’t gain a thing by putting it off. I’ll use the ‘get ready’ time and energy to get going instead.”
1. Be a crusader. When you see something that you believe ought to be done, pick up the ball and run.
People place confidence in the fellow who acts. They naturally assume he knows what he is doing.
salvage something from every setback.
“A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience.”
Persisting in one way is not a guarantee of victory. But persistence blended with experimentation does guarantee success.
A problem, a difficulty, becomes unsolvable only when you think it is unsolvable. Attract solutions by believing solutions are possible. Refuse, simply refuse, to even let yourself say or think that it’s impossible.
Remember, you see in any situation what you expect to see. See the good side and conquer defeat.
The important thing is not where you were or where you are but where you want to get.
AN IMAGE OF ME, 10 YEARS FROM NOW: 10 YEARS’ PLANNING GUIDE
the most important qualification for an executive is the sheer desire to get ahead
to accomplish something, we must plan to accomplish something.
Let your major goal be your automatic pilot. When you let your goal absorb you, you’ll find yourself making the right decisions to reach your goal.
1: TRADE MINDS WITH THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO INFLUENCE.
each time you face a difficult matter, involving people, ask yourself, “What is the human way to handle this?”
THINK PROGRESS, BELIEVE IN PROGRESS, PUSH FOR PROGRESS.
TAKE TIME OUT TO CONFER WITH YOURSELF AND TAP YOUR SUPREME THINKING POWER.
Resolve now to set aside some time each day (at least thirty minutes) to be completely by yourself.
A wise man will be master of his mind, A fool will be its slave.
