Up to now, I had twice the honour to meet Tom (once in Germany and once in [...]]]> Dale Carnegie’s books are gems and full of wisdom. Today I received an issue of Tom “Big Al” Schreiter’s newsletter available at fortunenow.com.

Up to now, I had twice the honour to meet Tom (once in Germany and once in Orlando, Florida, USA.) I highly recommend his newsletter, not only if you’re in Network Marketing.

In today’s issue, he gave a short quote of one of Dale Carnegie’s books on how to be a leader. Here we go…

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.
7. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
8. Use encouragement.
9. Make the fault easy to correct.
10. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.

~Dale Carnegie (1888–1955)

Although I’m not necessarily aiming for leadership (rather freedomship and mentorship,) the above 10 bullets are worth to be considered and followed, aren’t they?

I mean, when aiming for mentorship you may not agree with all of them, but to be a good leader, in my eyes, require the above 10.

Food for thought?

—Marcus Hochstadt