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| Introduction to Part 3:
It is an old remark, that all arts and sciences have a mutual dependence upon each other. ... Thus men, very different in genius and pursuits, become mutually subservient to each other; and a very useful kind of commerce is established by which the old arts are improved, and new ones daily invented.
—William Brownrigg, London, 1748
The Art of Making Common Salt
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| I've been reading Mark's book for a while now, and his closing lines of the introduction still stand out to me.In every age, people are certain that only the things they have deemed valuable have true value.
The search for love and the search for wealth are always the two best stories. But while a love story is timeless, the story of a quest for wealth, given enough time, will always seem like the vain pursuit of a mirage.
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| From Chapter 1:It must be said that not all Muslims fast during Ramadan or even bow toward Mecca, Saudia Arabia, five times each day in Islam's mandatory daily prayers. They don't trouble themselves to arise before daylight to get out their prayer rugs and kneel before Allah.
Few of them have an inkling of what a parched throat feels like when one has been denied liquids when Ramadan falls during hot, dry periods. Their bodies have never ached with cold because they abstained from body warming foods when the temperatures fell below freezing. They don't have a clue about the fullness of what the Koran says and what Muhammad actually taught.
It is these types who foolishly assert that Islam is an ideal religion, because they have never inconvenienced themselves to suffer the disciplines that it takes to be a true Muslim. | | |
| Last night I finally finished reading Dale Carnegie's book. To summarize part 4 of 4:
A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this:
1. If you must find fault, this is the way to begin
Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
2. How to Criticize--and not be hated for it.
Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
3. Talk about your own mistakes first
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
4. No one likes to take orders
Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
5. Let the other person save face
Let the other person save face.
6. How to spur people on to success
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your priase."
7. Give a dog a good name
Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
8. Make the fault seems easy to correct
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
9. Making people glad to do what you want.
Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.
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| After reading parts 1 and 2, I finally made it through part 3 of Dale Carnegie's book.
You can't win an argument.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
A sure way of making enemies--and how to avoid it:
Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."
If you're wrong, admit it.
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
A drop of honey:
Begin in a friendly way.
The secret of Socrates:
Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
The safety valve in handling complaints:
Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
How to get cooperation:
Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
A formula that will work wonders for you:
Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
What everybody wants:
Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
An appeal that everybody likes:
Appeal to the nobler motives.
The movies do it. TV does it. Why don't you do it?
Dramatize your ideas.
When nothing else works, try this:
Throw down a challenge.
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