第24章微笑的力量(1)
ThePowerofSmile
戴尔·卡耐基Daleegie
戴尔·卡耐基(1888—1955),美国著名的心理学家和人际关系学家。卡耐基开创的“人际关系训练班”遍布世界各地。他以超人的智慧、严谨的思维,在道德、精神和行为准则上指导万千读者,给予人们安慰、鼓舞,使读者从中汲取力量,从而生活,开创崭新的人生。早期著作《人性的光辉》《语言的突破》《美好的人生》《人性的优点》曾被译成28种文字,其中《人性的弱点》一书,是继《圣经》之后世界出版史上第二畅销书!
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Youmusthaveagoodtimemeetingpeopleifyouexpectthemtohaveagoodtimemeetingyou。
Ihaveaskedthousandsofbusiosmileatsomeoneeveryhourofthedayforaweekaodtalkabouttheresults。Howdiditwork?Let’ssee。。。HereisaletterfromWilliamB。Steinhardt,aockbroker。His'tisolated。Infact,itistypidredsofcases。
“Ihavebeenmarriedfhteenyears,”wroteMr。Steinhardt,“andinallthattimeIseldomsmiledatmywifeorspoketwodozenwordstoherfromthetimeIgotupuntilIwasreadytoleaveforbusiness。IwasogrouchesnBroad>
“Wheomakeatalkaboutmyexperiehsmiles,IthoughtIwouldtryitforaweek。Sothem,whileyhair,Ilookedatmyglummuginthemirrorandsaidtomyself,‘Bill,ytowipethescoussofyourstoday。Ytosmile。Ahtnow。’AsIsatdow,Igreetedmywifewitha‘G,mydear’,andsmiledasIsaidit。”
“Youwarshemightbesurprised。Well,youuedherrea。Shewasbewildered。Shewasshocked。ItoldherthatiureshecouldexpectthisasaregularodIkeptitupeverym。”
“Thisgedattitudehtmorehappioourhomeihssiedthantherewasduriyear。”
“AsIleaveformyoffice,Igreettheelevatoroperatorimeha‘G’athedoormanwithasmile。IsmileatthethesubwayboothwhenIaskfe。AsIstandontheflooroftheStoge,Ismileatpeoplewhoulyneversawmesmile。”
“Isoonfoundthateverybodywassmilingbackatme,Itreatthosewhoewithplaintsrievanacheerfulmanner,IsmileasIlistentothemandIfindthatadjustmentsareaplishedmucheasier。Ifindthatsmilesarebringingmedollars,manydollarseveryday。”
“Isharemyoffiotherbroker。OneofhisclerksisalikableyoungdIwassoelatedabouttheresultsIwasgettingthatItoldhimreynewphilosophyofhumaiohewhenIfirstyofficewithhisfirmhethoughtmeaterriblegroulyretlygedhismind。HesaidIwasreallyhumanwhenIsmiled。”
“Ihavealsoelimiiysystem。IgiveappredpraisenowinsteadofnatiooppedtalkingaboutwhatIwant。Iamntoseetheotherperso。Ahierallyrevolutionizedmylife。Iamatotallydifferentman,ahappierman,ari,rifriendshipsaheonlythingsthatmattermuchafterall。”
Youdon’tfeellikesmiliwothings。First,forceyourselftosmile。Ifyouarealone,forceyourselftowhistleorhumatune。Actasifyouy,andthatwilltendtomakeyouhappy。Hereisthesychologistandphilosopherutit:
Astofollowfeeliioogether;aiion,whiderthemorediretrolofthewill,wedirectlyregulatethefeeling,whiot。
Thusthesnvoluntarypathtoess,ifouressbelost,istositupcheerfullyandtoadspeakasifesswerealreadythere…
Everybodyintheworldisseekihereisoofindit。Thatisbygyhts。Happidependonoutwards。Itdependsoions。
Itisn’twhatyouhaveorwhoyouareorwhereyouareorwhatythatmakesyouhappyorunhappy。Itiswhatyouthinkaboutit。Forexample,twopeoplemaybeinthesameplagthesamething;bothmayhaveaboutanequalamountofmoneyaige—aonemaybemiserableaherhappy。Why?Becauseofadiffereitude。IhaveseenjustasmanyhappyfagthepoorpeasantstoilingwiththeirprimitivetoolsiihetropicsasIhaveseeninair-edoffiewYeles。
&hihergoodorbad,”saidShakespeare,“butthiso。”
AbeLinarkedthat“mostfolksareaboutashappyastheymakeuptheirmindstobe”。Hewasright。
Wheneveryougoout-of-doors,drawthe,carrytheoftheheadhigh,andfillthelu;drinkinthesuyourfriendswithasmile,andputsoulintoeveryhandclasp。Dmisuoodanddoethinkingaboutyourenemies。