If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,    If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,   .   But make allowance for their doubting too;    If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good,...

Allen kept the book simple, both in length and language, so that everyone could understand the points he was trying to make about how power over one’s thoughts gives power over one’s life. Here are 3 great lessons about how your thoughts shape your life: Your actions are outgrowths of your thoughts. You shape the world just as much as it shapes you. Thoughts can keep you young or make you age faster. Want to become the master of your own mind? Time to think! ...

Introduction This book talked heavily on the law of attraction but from a later investigation from other psychologists like Peterson and Jung (although considered more philosophical). Thoughts become things and the thoughts that you tell yourself and reinforce can make or break your character and thus your goals. He believes that “They themselves are makers of themselves.” Thought & Character This section ties...

Part Four: Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offence or Arousing Resentment Principle 1: Begin with praise and honest appreciation. It is always easier to listen to unpleasant things after we have heard some praise of our good points. Principle 2: Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly. Many people begin their criticism with sincere praise followed by the word ‘but’ and ending with a critical statement. For example: ‘We’re really proud of you, Johnnie, for raising...

:Appeal to the nobler motives. A person usually has two reasons for doing a thing: one that sounds good and a real one. The person himself will think of the real reason. You don’t need to emphasize that. But all of us, being idealists at heart, like to think of motives that sound good. So, in order to change people, appeal to the nobler motives. Dramatize your ideas. This is the day of dramatization. Merely stating a truth isn’t enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting,...

A magic phrase to stop arguments, eliminate ill feelings, create goodwill, and make the other person listen attentively: ‘I don’t blame for feeling as you do. If I were you I would undoubtedly feel just as you do.’ An answer like that will soften anyone. And you can say that and be 100% sincere, because if you were the other person you, of course, would feel just as he does. Most people you meet want sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.

Other people may be totally wrong. But they don’t think so. Don’t condemn but instead try to understand them. There is a reason why the other man thinks and acts as he does. Find that reason and you have the key to his actions, perhaps to his personality. Put yourself in his place. Success in dealing with people depends on a sympathetic grasp of the other person’s viewpoint. “Cooperativeness in conversation is achieved when you show that you consider the other person’s ideas and feelings as...

Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers. People have much more faith in the ideas that they have discovered for themselves than in the ideas that are handed to them in silver plate. If so isn't it bad judgement to try to pour your judgement/opinion down the throat of other people. Letting the other person that the idea isn't his/her it's there idea is much more beneficial.

Let the other person do a great deal of the talking. "Most people trying to win others to their way of thinking do too much talking themselves. Let the other people talk themselves out. Ask them questions. When you disagree with them, don’t interrupt. Listen patiently and with an open mind. Be sincere about it. Encourage them to express their ideas fully. Even our friends would much rather talk to us about their achievements than...

In talking with people, don't begin by discussing the things on which you differ. Begin by emphasizing and keep on emphasizing the things on which you agree. A "No" response, according to prof. Overstreet is a most difficult handicap to overcome. When you have said " No ", all your pride of personality demands that you remain consistent with yourself. You may later feel that the " No " was ill advised. The skillful speaker gets at the outset, a number of "yes" response.

"A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall".

"Admit your mistakes as quickly as you can".

"be wiser than other but don't......".

"Make other person feel important and do it sincerely"

Remember this and whole world will be behind you. You can win in every meeting and interview.

Listening patiently is the highest compliment we can give to anyone, therefore listen patiently and let the other person do great deal of talking.

"those who smile more tend to earn, sell and win more".

" Become genuinely interested in other people and they will be interested in you".

"He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way".

" be heartly in your approbation and lavish in your praise".

Detailed summary of Chapter 1 of this book. Point to remember, "Don't criticize, condemn or complain.

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