Posts Tagged ‘ dale carnegie ’

Learning A New Skill

Jan 2nd, 2008 | By Bryce Beattie | Category: Around The Web

Learning to learn is a subject that doesn’t get enough emphasis from success writers. I’ll admit, I read and listen to a lot of material that could be useful in my life, but very little of it actually sticks.
There are many reasons to learn new skills.
David Moldawer over at lifeclever.com suggested that everybody Learn a [...]



Happiness Is A Skill

Apr 17th, 2007 | By Bryce Beattie | Category: Featured Articles

I believe that happiness is a skill that can be learned. I’m not saying that if you learn to be happy, problems will stop jumping in to your life. I’m saying that you can learn to be happy no matter your place in life.
In “How To Win Friends & Influence People,” Dale Carnegie says:
You [...]



Studying The Masters

Mar 28th, 2007 | By Bryce Beattie | Category: Featured Articles

At the very beginning of “How to Win Friends & Influence People,” Dale Carnegie gives some very useful advice on how to study his book so that it can do the most good. It’s great advice that can be applied to any self-development work.
I’m just going to paraphrase his nine suggestions.

Get the desire. You’ve really [...]



A Criticism Of Criticism

Mar 20th, 2007 | By Bryce Beattie | Category: Featured Articles

Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor of it. But why not begin on yourself?
-Dale Carnegie

The best place to look for change is within. It’s the only place where we can have total influence. And all of us have plenty [...]