Patrick Honner on Nostr: I'm currently reading "How to Win Friends and Influence People". As an example of his ...
I'm currently reading "How to Win Friends and Influence People". As an example of his first principle — "Never criticize, condemn, or complain" — Dale Carnegie writes about a test pilot who is forced to make an emergency landing because the technician put the wrong fuel into the plane. Carnegie lauds the pilot's response: Instead of criticizing the technician, he tells him that he wants him to service his plane tomorrow, because he knows he won't make that mistake again. Because it's more important for this technician *not to be criticized* than it is for the pilot to *not die in a plane crash*? 30,000,000 copies of this book have been sold?
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