Becoming an Influential Person

Here is our worksheet I created that we went over at our meeting yesterday here in the Falls. I will also send via email from the word doc for each of you have. Hope you all have a wonderful "Hump" day!!

Becoming an Influential Person

“Give honest, sincere appreciation. People will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime—repeat them years after you have forgotten them.” –Dale Carnegie

What “one” rule did your parents have that was most important? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What were some of the excuses you used when you broke this rule? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why do we always come up with excuses? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What can you learn about dealing with people knowing that they will always have an excuse? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous because it wounds a person precious price, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.” Dale Carnegie
Why doesn’t it work to criticize people? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How do you affect people if you don’t criticize? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by encouragement. There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I NEVER criticize anyone. I believe in giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.” Dale Carnegie

When were you the recipient of praise and how did it make you feel? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When were you the giver of praise and the effect that it had on receiver and yourself? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
List 3-5 people in your group/team (if you don’t have a team yet, ones that you can work on to become part of your team) that you would like to work this principle with. What are these 3-5 people doing that you can praise them for? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What actions can you take monthly to praise people in their organization? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How can you effectively praise your customers and hostesses? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________