Monday, November 5, 2007

Handling people


Dale Carnegie (right) advised those seeking success in business in the mid-1930s to follow a few simple rules. Among them ~

"Don't criticize, condemn or complain."
"Give people a feeling of importance; praise the good parts of them."
"Get the other person to do what you want them to by arousing their desires."

Carnegie's book How to Win Friends and Influence People, from which those notes are cited, is still in print. Is this advice suitable for 21st century man and woman?

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