If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the transformative power of honest appreciation in fostering positive relationships and motivation.
Dale Carnegie highlights the craving for acknowledgment that many individuals have, which can lead to irrational behavior. He suggests that instead of succumbing to such extreme measures for importance, we can enact positive change by simply offering genuine appreciation to others, creating a mutually beneficial environment where both parties feel valued and recognized.
In practice
During a team meeting, I shared this quote to encourage everyone to appreciate each other's contributions.
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Excellence requires discomfort.
You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you have, be, and do in the tomorrow of your life.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress....This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
I'm an extremely, extremely persistent person. Extremely. And when I believe I am right, and it is important, I will go to the end of the earth.
Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina.
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