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Part Four: Be a leader: How to change people without giving offense or arousing resentment.
1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
2. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
5. Let the other person save face.
6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
7. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
8. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
9. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.
page: 236
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leadership
praise
criticism
(p) The word 'but' following praise and leading into criticism infers a failure and diminishes the praise. Change 'but' to 'and' to make the criticism more indirect and not diminish the praise.
page: 200
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criticism
praise
"Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise."
page: 215
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praise
...when criticism is minimized and praise emphasized, the good things people do will be reinforced and the poorer things will atrophy for lack of attention.
page: 217
tags:
praise
criticism
Everybody likes to be praised, but when praise is specific, it comes across as sincere--not something the other person may be saying just to make one feel good.
page: 219
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praise
Take every opportunity to inject self-confidence into those who have earned it. Use ample praise, the more specific the better.
page: 67
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praise
confidence