Following are the opening paragraphs from a piece that my friend, Steve Williams, Executive Director of RainTiger.com, just posted. Like Steve, I write a monthly column for RainTiger.com called Expressions.
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5 Quotes to Remember in Times like These
By Steve A. Williams
With all the negative things that have been happening in our world, it has become harder and harder to watch the news. You turn on the television and there is an onslaught of information on the world's economic crisis, or the state of global unemployment, or of warring countries. Stocks seem to be fall more than rain these days. Finding something positive to hold on to has been as scarce as water in the Sahara.
No matter where you live, the current events of the world have affected everyone. Our world use to be more compartmentalized and negative news didn't seem to stretch across seas or even to neighboring countries. But because of the interwoven connectivity of today's world, the proverbial butterfly effect has a greater magnitude of consequence. Nevertheless, no matter where you find yourself, here are five quotes to remember in times like these...
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Showing posts with label Dale Carnegie. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Ancient Wisdom: Happiness and Smiles Are Common Sense
That said...(i.e. new studies find that Happiness and Smiles are contagious), the wiser amongst us didn't need a study to remind us of such ancient wisdom.
Dale Carnegie published something in his motivational classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, in 1936 that advocates the exact same thing. It is a bit of common sense that in this mad-mad world we simply need to be reminded of from time to time.
The Value of a Smile at Christmas Time
(original author unknown)
A smile cost nothing, but gives much.
It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give.
It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it, and none is so poor but that he can be made rich by it.
A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business, and is the countersign of friendship.
It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and is nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.
Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
Dale Carnegie published something in his motivational classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, in 1936 that advocates the exact same thing. It is a bit of common sense that in this mad-mad world we simply need to be reminded of from time to time.
The Value of a Smile at Christmas Time
(original author unknown)
A smile cost nothing, but gives much.
It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give.
It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it, and none is so poor but that he can be made rich by it.
A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business, and is the countersign of friendship.
It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and is nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.
Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
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