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Make them a star. Try to bring out the best in other people. This is not false flattery, but helping people get their views properly heard and understood. Do not seek to show off how smart you are.
Laurence Endersen • Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference
‘with malice toward none, with charity for all,’
Dale Carnegie • How To Win Friends and Influence People
One of my early mentors, the late Dr. Emol Fails of Raleigh, North Carolina, said you
Zig Ziglar • Secrets of Closing the Sale
you are special because you are inspired and delighted by being nothing special at all.
Mary Taylor • The Art of Vinyasa: Awakening Body and Mind through the Practice of Ashtanga Yoga
Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad of interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you’ve got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you’re learning to say it better. —David Mamet
Seth Godin • Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
People will do anything for those who encourage their dreams, justify their failures, allay their fears, confirm their suspicions, and help them throw rocks at their enemies.