Fred Harteis Case Study:  Dale Carnegie

by Fred Harteis

 

BizNess Comments: Dale Carnegie is one of the business worlds most noted author. Business Owners and Corporate Executives agree the importance to their businesses of the topics Mr. Carnegie covers in his books.

 

Dale Carnegie has made a huge influence in my life.  I realized recently that I read and remember many of his principles from high school.  I have read “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”.


Dale Carnegie rose from the obscurity of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.  Dale was poor and rode horseback 6 miles each way to attend class in a small college.  He had many setbacks, didn’t make the football team, had an inferiority complex.


Harteis: Carnegie Success Story

Dale had a dream to excel; his mother prompted him to join the schools public speaking team.  After several attempts he finally made it on the team.
His journey toward success was a slow and deliberate one.  Regardless of the setbacks keep moving.


After college he had a sales job, did very well but was UN fulfilled.  After the sales career he wanted to teach others what he had learned. With great dedication and devotion he developed his training courses, which are still growing today.  He also wrote several books on human behavior and communications, which have sold in the millions.

Harteis: Case Study Success Story Yesterday and Today

Dale’s principles are as accurate today as they were at the beginning of the last century. People react as people. Dale learned and taught how to best communicate with our fellow Man and Ourselves.  For example, his book “How to stop worrying and start living” Gave me great hope to focus on what I could control not things beyond my control.  If we all do the good we can do, with what we have there is no need to worry.


The second book I read by Dale was “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, and I read and studied it during my high school days.  The benefits have been astounding.  While in college I was elected class president three times only because of the principles followed in Dale Carnegies Books.  I was a shy farm boy, but gained great confidence in public relations skills and people skills from being a student of the common sense wisdom of Dale.


Harteis: Business Success

Business success is 87% people skill and 13% business skill.  I firmly believe that the early exposure to Dale Carnegie’s writings has given me a high advantage.  His principles are needed today every bit as much as when they were first written.


The world would be a better place if everyone would embrace the teachings of Dale Carnegie
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About Fred Harteis

Fred Harteis is president of Harteis International and Biznet Productions

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Fred and his wife Linda Harteis live near Philadelphia

 

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