Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
Interpretation
Start with positive reinforcement to create a supportive environment for feedback or improvement.
Dale Carnegie emphasizes the importance of beginning any interaction, especially those involving criticism or requests for change, with genuine praise and appreciation. This approach fosters goodwill and opens up the recipient to respond positively, making them more receptive to further discussion and feedback.
In practice
During a team meeting to discuss project improvements, you can open by acknowledging everyone's hard work and dedication.
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.
I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.
If you want to be a leader of people, you must learn to watch events.
To those whom much is given, much is expected.
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.
I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today. And I say without the slightest remorse, that we wouldn't be here, we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters - who your neighbour is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit, or what language you use. We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.
We need to move from the leader as hero, to the leader as host.
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