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Perhaps
the most well-known author in the field
of communication and public speaking, Dale
Carnegie was born into poverty on a small
farm in Maryville Missouri. Devoted to public
speaking from his teen years, he was active
in debate in high school. Carnegie attended
Warrensburg (Mo.) State Teachers College,
and became a salesman for Armour and Company
in Nebraska. Moving to New York City in
persuit of an acting career, he gave classes
in public speaking at the Young Men's Christian
Association. Soon he was developing courses
on his own, and writing pamphlets that he
would eventually publish as books. Carnegie
believed that the quickest way to develop
self-esteem is
through public speaking. |
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"You'll
never achieve
real success unless
you like what
you're doing." |
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--Dale
Carnegie |
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In
the early 1930s he was known for his books and
a radio program. When he published How to
Win Friends and Influence People in 1930,
it enjoyed immediate success and would become
one of the best-sellers of all time, selling
more than 10 million copies in many languages.
This led to demand for him as a lecturer and
writer: he began a syndicated newspaper column
and organized the Dale Carnegie Institute for
Effective Speaking and Human Relations, with
branches all over the world. He lived to see
the day when his name became virtually synonymous
with the very kind of self-help-to-success that
he promoted.
Dale
Carnegie loved to teach others how to become
successful. His rock-solid, time-tested advice
has helped many now-famous people to climb the
ladder of success. How to Win Friends and
Influence People remains one of the best-sellers
of all time, because of its colorful illustrative
stories and simple, well-phrased rules. Two
of Dale Carnegie's most famous maxims are, "Believe
that you will succeed, and you will," and
"Learn to love, respect and enjoy other
people." Dale Carnegie died in 1955 at
the age of 67. |
