Begin With Praise And Honest Appreciation.

An Argument Would Have Begun To Steam And Boil And Sputter - And You Know How Arguments End. Even If I Had Convinced Him That He Was Wrong, His Pride Would Have Made It Difficult For Him To Back Down And Give In.

Close Your Eyes. You Might Try Saying. . . Something Like This: "the Sun Is Shining Overhead. The Sky Is Blue And Sparkling. Nature Is Calm And In Control Of The World-and I, As Nature's Child, Am In Tune With The Universe." Or-better Still-pray!

We Talk A Lot About The Importance Of Physical Exercise To Wake Us Up Out Of The Half Sleep In Which So Many Of Us Walk Around. But We Need, Even More, Some Spiritual And Mental Exercises Every Morning To Stir Us Into Action. Give Yourself A Pep Talk Every Day.

There Is Only One Way Under High Heaven To Get Anybody To Do Anything. Did You Ever Stop To Think Of That? Yes, Just One Way. And That Is By Making The Other Person Want To Do It.

Become Genuinely Interested In Other People.