Carnegie's Classic Success in Life: The Secret of Happiness

Author: Dale Carnegie
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Dale Carnegie planned to teach public speaking at the adult evening school. Based on his personal experience, learning public speaking could eliminate cowardice and lack of confidence in one's character, and increase the courage and confidence to interact with others. Moreover, he realized that the essential qualities of a leader are the ability to step forward and express one's own ideas. In 1912, Dale Carnegie opened his first public speaking course in New York. From that time on, the Dale Carnegie Course—a great enterprise—was born. The significance of this enterprise lies not only in making Dale Carnegie renowned worldwide and bringing him substantial profits; its greatness lies in guiding, and even saving, the lives of millions of listeners and readers. There is no exact number to calculate how many people have benefited from the Dale Carnegie Course, but since its first publication, his works have consistently ranked at the top. Among them, The Secret of Friendship and the Bible, Walden, and The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin were all honored by the U.S. Library of Congress as "25 Books That Shaped Readers." For nearly a century, every day, somewhere on Earth, someone's life has been changed by the influence of Dale Carnegie.