Day 49: Writing Success & General Success

I managed to re-write and submit the article I wrote about recently. Now I wait up to a week to see if it is approved and published.

As a writer, I know few of my colleagues would dream of selling 16 million copies of their book. Even if the title is not one that attracts you, How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie did sell over 16 million copies and is a useful book. Here is another quote, summarizing how to…

“Win People To Your Way Of Thinking

PRINCIPLE 1:
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

PRINCIPLE 2:
Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, “You’re wrong.”

PRINCIPLE 3:
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

PRINCIPLE 4:
Begin in a friendly way

PRINCIPLE 5:
Get the other person saying “yes, yes” immediately.

PRINCIPLE 6:
Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.

PRINCIPLE 7:
Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.

PRINCIPLE 8:
Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.

PRINCIPLE 9:
Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires.

PRINCIPLE 10:
Appeal to the nobler motives.

PRINCIPLE 11:
Dramatize your ideas.

PRINCIPLE 12:
Throw down a challenge.”