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How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job
Uncover your hidden assets—you can fill each day with excitement and a sense of satisfaction!
Even if you love your work, you probably have days when almost nothing goes right. Bestselling author Dale Carnegie shows you how to make every day more exciting and rewarding—how you can get more done, and have more fun doing it. Dale Carnegie's time-tested advice will help you
-Make other people feel important—and do it sincerely
-Avoid unnecessary tension—save your energy for important duties
-Get people to say yes—immediately
-Turn routine tasks into stimulating opportunities
-Spot a sure-fire way of making enemies—and avoid it
-Smile in the face of criticism—you've done your very best!
How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job will help you create a new approach to life and people and discover talents you never knew you had. Dale Carnegie can help you get the most out of yourself—all the time. Start developing your innate strengths and abilities—start enriching your life today!
Even if you love your work, you probably have days when almost nothing goes right. Bestselling author Dale Carnegie shows you how to make every day more exciting and rewarding—how you can get more done, and have more fun doing it. Dale Carnegie's time-tested advice will help you
-Make other people feel important—and do it sincerely
-Avoid unnecessary tension—save your energy for important duties
-Get people to say yes—immediately
-Turn routine tasks into stimulating opportunities
-Spot a sure-fire way of making enemies—and avoid it
-Smile in the face of criticism—you've done your very best!
How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job will help you create a new approach to life and people and discover talents you never knew you had. Dale Carnegie can help you get the most out of yourself—all the time. Start developing your innate strengths and abilities—start enriching your life today!
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 2, 1990
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Dale Carnegie
1,479 books8,991 followersDale Carnegie was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), Lincoln the Unknown (1932), and several other books.
One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other people's behavior by changing one's behavior towards them.
One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other people's behavior by changing one's behavior towards them.
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June 28, 2009
Be yourself. Clean your table of papers. Concetrate to one problem solving. Solve your problem just now. Learn how to relax.Don't criticize, be honest and sincere, talk about what people want to listen ....
January 14, 2011
This book contains content blended from two Dale Carnegie books: "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and "How to Stop Worrying and Enjoy Life." I'd already read "How to Win Friends" less than a year ago, so the content was relatively fresh in my mind and it seemed like the majority of this book contains content from that volume. I really enjoy the pieces that were from "How to Stop Worrying" and I'll need to add that book to my list, because I would have liked to have more of it within this book. It was an excellent book to help kick off the new year!
November 23, 2018
Dale's book is the masterpiece. One time reading is not enough to make it into practice. He is like my rich father who teaches me about how I can improve my leadership with people.
As I continue the book, I could see I have made many mistakes in addressing people. Sure, everyone doesn't like taking order, they like saving their face in public, being encouraged and empowered. I really appreciated people who have stayed and worked with me so far. Although I made many mistakes in leading them, they still tolerate my fault. I will use Dale technique to improve myself.
As I continue the book, I could see I have made many mistakes in addressing people. Sure, everyone doesn't like taking order, they like saving their face in public, being encouraged and empowered. I really appreciated people who have stayed and worked with me so far. Although I made many mistakes in leading them, they still tolerate my fault. I will use Dale technique to improve myself.
February 13, 2011
Teaches you important things about life through simple, everyday stories.
May 5, 2016
Always love Dale Carnegie's books.
February 10, 2018
When I read ‘How to win friends and influence people’ I found it really enlightening and understood why I had experienced a lot of problems socially due to my personality being too upfront and honest with my opinions. People like to feel they are right and that they know more than you do and unfortunately when you know a lot and you have a very good memory for useless information you find yourself unintentionally correcting people a lot of the time. Not from a place of believing that you are more superior and therefore right but from a genuine place of wanting to share the information you’ve acquired in life to benefit the other person; hence why I was drawn to become a teacher. I now realise that it’s best just to listen to people and accept that it’s not necessary to point out all the things they’re saying that are actually not true and that perhaps they should do some further research on it, as it won’t be received well at all. I fact check everything and always have, as I’ve fallen foul of other people’s bullshit a few times, so what I say is generally accurate or I wouldn’t say it unless I’ll add the caveat that I heard it somewhere so it might not be true. Most people don’t have this tendency to question everything and so are very confident in the false information that they communicate. So I was very disappointed with this book as it was essentially a copy with the only addition relevant to work of simple advice like clear your desk and prioritise your work in order of importance. I would have said these are rudimentary and so in 200 pages I didn’t learn anything more than what I already had from the previous book. It would have greatly benefited from more direct application to life and to a job rather than specific examples of dealing with people as the other book had that covered already.
January 22, 2020
Dale Carnegie – the father of self-help
You are something new in this world. Be glad of it
Don’t pretend to be someone you’re not
Don’t ever criticize others
You can easily demotivate your people by criticizing. This hurts pride, crushes the ego and creates hatred
If criticizing is necessary, then the first talk of your weaknesses
If you know you’ve put in every effort, don’t let criticism affect you
Remember that unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog
You spend most of your life at your job. You do have a choice on how to look at this job. You can make even the most boring job, fun
Always be grateful for what you have. Don’t focus on what you don’t have
Count your blessings instead of focusing on your problems
Focus on important work. Don’t get burdened with trivial urgent tasks
Prevent angst by getting organized. Organize your desk. Clear out everything besides what you need
When your surroundings are in order, you get calmer
If you begin a task, finish it. Or, you may give to someone else
Prioritize
Learn to relax while working
It’s the strain and stress of the work which exhausts you
Worry, tenseness and emotional upsets are three of the biggest causes of fatigue
You may also get tired if you’re bored. Boredom slows you down
Try to enjoy your work. Make the most of your task
You can’t make the whole world happy. If you try to do so, you’ll go crazy
Look for good traits in people and let them know about it
Make a person want to do something. Only then can you make them do what you want
Develop a real interest in others. Don’t always talk about your interests
Make others feel important. Don’t fake it
Everyone wants approval, praise, and recognition
If you tell people they’re wrong; you can never make them agree with you
Begin your case by admitting that you could be wrong
It’s natural to strike out against people who harmed you. Such actions won’t help. You may end up worsening the situation
How to convince others to see your perspective? Start by focusing on things you both agree
Don’t condemn them in front of other people. Help others preserve their esteem by allowing them to save face
You can gain cooperation by making people think that the answer was their idea
Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them
You are something new in this world. Be glad of it
Don’t pretend to be someone you’re not
Don’t ever criticize others
You can easily demotivate your people by criticizing. This hurts pride, crushes the ego and creates hatred
If criticizing is necessary, then the first talk of your weaknesses
If you know you’ve put in every effort, don’t let criticism affect you
Remember that unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog
You spend most of your life at your job. You do have a choice on how to look at this job. You can make even the most boring job, fun
Always be grateful for what you have. Don’t focus on what you don’t have
Count your blessings instead of focusing on your problems
Focus on important work. Don’t get burdened with trivial urgent tasks
Prevent angst by getting organized. Organize your desk. Clear out everything besides what you need
When your surroundings are in order, you get calmer
If you begin a task, finish it. Or, you may give to someone else
Prioritize
Learn to relax while working
It’s the strain and stress of the work which exhausts you
Worry, tenseness and emotional upsets are three of the biggest causes of fatigue
You may also get tired if you’re bored. Boredom slows you down
Try to enjoy your work. Make the most of your task
You can’t make the whole world happy. If you try to do so, you’ll go crazy
Look for good traits in people and let them know about it
Make a person want to do something. Only then can you make them do what you want
Develop a real interest in others. Don’t always talk about your interests
Make others feel important. Don’t fake it
Everyone wants approval, praise, and recognition
If you tell people they’re wrong; you can never make them agree with you
Begin your case by admitting that you could be wrong
It’s natural to strike out against people who harmed you. Such actions won’t help. You may end up worsening the situation
How to convince others to see your perspective? Start by focusing on things you both agree
Don’t condemn them in front of other people. Help others preserve their esteem by allowing them to save face
You can gain cooperation by making people think that the answer was their idea
Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them
April 28, 2018
I'll give 4 stars because few of the things in this novel gets repeated with other novels authored by Dale like How to win friends and influence people, The leader in you, etc.
Coming to the content of the book, it's very palatable and easy to read and understand. This is like a practical handbook! Most of the incidents mentioned are the real one and helped Dale in his personal life.
After reading this book your life and job won't be changed from monotonous, boring movie into thrilling, entertaining masala movie...but this novel will definitely help you to change your perspective and teach you few life-saving hacks to enjoy your life and job!
August 25, 2013
Most of the content is from Dale Carnegie's 'How to Stop Worrying and Star Living' and 'How to Win Friends & Influence People'. If you have already read those two, I suggest you to skip this book.
But it's a short book and reading those anecdotes on famous people including Abraham Lincoln, one more time, can only help.
~ThatLeo.com
But it's a short book and reading those anecdotes on famous people including Abraham Lincoln, one more time, can only help.
~ThatLeo.com
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August 2, 2010wonderfulllll its really nice.
October 1, 2010
This is actually quite good.
January 20, 2019
Just really good, solid advice. I especially liked the first couple chapters about not imitating others. A lovely book to read when you want some encouraging reminders!
November 3, 2020
„Unul dintre cele mai tragice lucruri pe care le-am văzut în natura umană este acela că tindem să amânăm viaţa. Noi toţi visăm la grădina magică de trandafiri aflată la orizont, în loc să ne bucurăm de trandafirii care înfloresc sub fereastra noastră chiar acum.“
May 29, 2021
One of best book for mastering dealing with and dealing in fellow humans!
June 4, 2024
Basically just a short combo of how to win friends and influence people and how to stop worrying and start living which is fab, but redundant. Luv u still Dale
May 26, 2009
Maybe if you don't like your job, you should change it! (smile) We all have those days, where we don't like the situation we are in. If we are in the right place as far as our job or circumstances, than maybe we need to look at the bright side of things, create a positive attitude, and go from there.
November 5, 2021
The book is very similar to How to win Friends and Influence People. Once while reading I even checked whether I am reding the correct book or not :) But still, it is worth a read.
Judging by his books Dale Carnegie must have been a great mentor.
Judging by his books Dale Carnegie must have been a great mentor.
Want to read
December 31, 2008i need to learn how to love my job...
March 25, 2011
Cerita2nya eye catching....
December 14, 2019
Not convinced about it.
April 14, 2020
4.5 stars. Good book as expected from the great Moroni, Dale Carnegie. Although I think this wasn't really anything new from his How to Win Friends and Influence People. I read that a few years back so this was a good refresher.
Notes:
Good working habits:
1) Clear your desk of all papers except those relating to the immediate task at hand.
2) Do things in the order of their importance.
3) When you face a problem, solve it then and there, if you have the facts necessary to make a decision; don't keep putting off decisions.
4) Learn to organize, deputize, and supervise.
"The ability to enrouse enthusiasm among people is the greatest asset one can possess. The way to develop the best that is in a person is through appreciation and encouragement. There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a personas criticism from superiors." - Charles Schwab. And the company I work for kills that enthusiasm.
"If there is any one secret of success it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle, as well as from your own." - Dale Carnegie
To help kids to eat food, have them help make the food, they will feel self-importance and self-expression.
Mental work can't make you tired. Only physical work makes you tired. When you think you are mentally fatigue it is your mental and emotional attitudes.
One of the chief causes of fatigue is boredom. Boredom is the only real cause of diminution of work.
When people try to kick you and bring you down it is because you are accomplishing something and worthy of attention. It gives the kicker a feeling of importance.
If you get your head above the crowd, you're going to be criticized, so get used to the idea.
"The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important." - John Dewey
But being great, appreciated, or important is rarely gratified. How you get your feeling of importance determines your character. Many people play the victim or are helpless with their mental diseases and anxiety because they, somehow, claim importance with that. Which is utterly retarded.
Flattery is different than appreciation and gratitude. Flattery isn't sincere it doesn't come from the heart.
Arouse in the other person, an eager want.
When offering criticism, instead of saying a good thing and a "but" then the negative thing, use "and" instead.
Notes:
Good working habits:
1) Clear your desk of all papers except those relating to the immediate task at hand.
2) Do things in the order of their importance.
3) When you face a problem, solve it then and there, if you have the facts necessary to make a decision; don't keep putting off decisions.
4) Learn to organize, deputize, and supervise.
"The ability to enrouse enthusiasm among people is the greatest asset one can possess. The way to develop the best that is in a person is through appreciation and encouragement. There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a personas criticism from superiors." - Charles Schwab. And the company I work for kills that enthusiasm.
"If there is any one secret of success it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle, as well as from your own." - Dale Carnegie
To help kids to eat food, have them help make the food, they will feel self-importance and self-expression.
Mental work can't make you tired. Only physical work makes you tired. When you think you are mentally fatigue it is your mental and emotional attitudes.
One of the chief causes of fatigue is boredom. Boredom is the only real cause of diminution of work.
When people try to kick you and bring you down it is because you are accomplishing something and worthy of attention. It gives the kicker a feeling of importance.
If you get your head above the crowd, you're going to be criticized, so get used to the idea.
"The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important." - John Dewey
But being great, appreciated, or important is rarely gratified. How you get your feeling of importance determines your character. Many people play the victim or are helpless with their mental diseases and anxiety because they, somehow, claim importance with that. Which is utterly retarded.
Flattery is different than appreciation and gratitude. Flattery isn't sincere it doesn't come from the heart.
Arouse in the other person, an eager want.
When offering criticism, instead of saying a good thing and a "but" then the negative thing, use "and" instead.
November 29, 2022
Una magnífica obra que recoge fragmentos de otras dos escritas por Carnegie. Es de fácil comprensión y de lectura rápida y su contenido es maravillosamente útil para lograr ser más felices y estar más unidos entre nosotros.
Por destacar dos ejemplos tratados en esta obra, una de las realidades con la que nos encontramos a menudo es la de tener que desenvolvernos en un trabajo que no nos gusta y tener que quedarnos porque no hay otra cosa, pues bien, esta obra te enseña a saber lidiar con esa situación para que tu estancia en ese empleo que no te gusta sea lo más agradable posible. El segundo ejemplo radica en la importancia del lenguaje para con los demás; a menudo criticamos despiadadamente (a veces con burla) sin tener en cuenta la influencia negativa de esto para nosotros y para la persona objeto del ataque, este libro te enseña a modificar este comportamiento.
Estos y otros más valiosos ejemplos y enseñazas están contenidos en una obra que debería ser lectura obligatoria para toda persona que desee gozar de un mayor bienestar consigo misma y con los demás (también cabe la lectura por separado de las dos obras incluidas en esta, pues estamos ante una selección, no son los libros enteros).
Por destacar dos ejemplos tratados en esta obra, una de las realidades con la que nos encontramos a menudo es la de tener que desenvolvernos en un trabajo que no nos gusta y tener que quedarnos porque no hay otra cosa, pues bien, esta obra te enseña a saber lidiar con esa situación para que tu estancia en ese empleo que no te gusta sea lo más agradable posible. El segundo ejemplo radica en la importancia del lenguaje para con los demás; a menudo criticamos despiadadamente (a veces con burla) sin tener en cuenta la influencia negativa de esto para nosotros y para la persona objeto del ataque, este libro te enseña a modificar este comportamiento.
Estos y otros más valiosos ejemplos y enseñazas están contenidos en una obra que debería ser lectura obligatoria para toda persona que desee gozar de un mayor bienestar consigo misma y con los demás (también cabe la lectura por separado de las dos obras incluidas en esta, pues estamos ante una selección, no son los libros enteros).
June 25, 2022
#58 of 100 self help books
Good
“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”
Remember what Emerson said: “Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.”
If We Want to Make Friends, Lets Greet People with Animation and Enthusiasm Keep on raging - to stop the aging.
You are something new in this world. Never before, since thebeginning of time, has there ever been anybody exactly like you; and never again throughout all the ages to come will there ever be anybody exactly like you again.
This book can help you to:
Make other people feel important -- and do it sincerely
Avoid unnecessary tension -- save your energy for important duties
Get people to say yes -- immediately
Turn routine tasks into stimulating opportunities
Spot a sure-fire way of making enemies -- and avoid it
Smile in the face of criticism -- you've done your very best!
Good
“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”
Remember what Emerson said: “Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.”
If We Want to Make Friends, Lets Greet People with Animation and Enthusiasm Keep on raging - to stop the aging.
You are something new in this world. Never before, since thebeginning of time, has there ever been anybody exactly like you; and never again throughout all the ages to come will there ever be anybody exactly like you again.
This book can help you to:
Make other people feel important -- and do it sincerely
Avoid unnecessary tension -- save your energy for important duties
Get people to say yes -- immediately
Turn routine tasks into stimulating opportunities
Spot a sure-fire way of making enemies -- and avoid it
Smile in the face of criticism -- you've done your very best!
February 9, 2021
After reading a few of Dale Carnegie’s books, I can say for sure that he was great at understanding human nature. Even so many years later, his advice for interacting with others is timeless and classic.
What he says is common sense, but sometimes we fail to apply these things to our lives. For example, Carnegie says that “Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and ask yourself: "How can I make this person want to do it?" That question will stop us from rushing into a situation heedlessly, with futile chatter about our desires.”
What he says is common sense, but sometimes we fail to apply these things to our lives. For example, Carnegie says that “Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and ask yourself: "How can I make this person want to do it?" That question will stop us from rushing into a situation heedlessly, with futile chatter about our desires.”
November 15, 2022
डेल आपको खुद को जानने के लिए प्रेरित करते हैं और बताते हैं कि संतुष्ट होने के लिए आपको क्या करना चाहिए.... यह एक अच्छी शुरुआत है.....किस तरह दुनिया में बदलाव करने के लिए सही स्वाभिमान होना चाहिए या हम जो है या करते हैं उससे खुश रहना चाहिए.....व्यक्ति को अपना नज़रिया रखना चाहिए और किसी और की नकल नहीं करनी चाहिए, किसी को क्यों महत्वपूर्ण महसूस कराया जाना चाहिए , उसकी भावनाएं क्यों मायने रखती हैं....ये सब इस बुक में बहुत अच्छे से बताया गया है... मानवीय संबंधों पर प्रकाश डाला जाए है...
February 18, 2023
Things I liked:
1. The second part of the book is muc better and useful
2. A few lessons given are actually very useful in life
3. Book would've been rated much lower if it wasn't for the second part
Things I didn't like:
1. Not a lot in the book that couldn't be learned from the internet
2. Don't understand why many of the chapters were even there
3. Self help is not a good genre
1. The second part of the book is muc better and useful
2. A few lessons given are actually very useful in life
3. Book would've been rated much lower if it wasn't for the second part
Things I didn't like:
1. Not a lot in the book that couldn't be learned from the internet
2. Don't understand why many of the chapters were even there
3. Self help is not a good genre
July 1, 2020
It was a wonderful book in which you know about the human nature as well as our problems while doing our work.
It guides us seamlessly towards the problems which we create while in a job or while handling humans.
A must read!!
It guides us seamlessly towards the problems which we create while in a job or while handling humans.
A must read!!
June 21, 2017
Ein großartiges und sehr motivierendes Buch 👍
May 19, 2021
The book tells you more about yourself. Everyone should read this whether working or not.
August 3, 2022
Nice way to review some content from "How to win friends and influence people" which was one of the most influencial books that shaped my social interactions.
It's a very light read and it's probably worth coming back to it every 5-10 years to check the progress on some of the advice there.
It's a very light read and it's probably worth coming back to it every 5-10 years to check the progress on some of the advice there.
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