Dale Carnegie was born in 1888, Maryville, Missouri, USA and was educated at Warrensburg State Teachers College. As a salesman and aspiring actor, he traveled to New York and began taking 'public-speaking' classes for adults at the YMCA.
In 1912, the world famous Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations was born. He authored several bestsellers, including, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, and “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.” Over 50 million copies of Mr. Carnegie's books have been printed and published in scores of languages.
Dale Carnegie was born in
1888, Maryville, Missouri, USA and was educated at Warrensburg State Teachers College. As a
salesman and aspiring actor, he traveled to New York and began taking 'public-speaking' classes for adults at the YMCA.
In 1912, the world famous Carnegie
Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations was born. He authored several bestsellers, including, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, and “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.”
Over 50 million copies of Mr. Carnegie's books have been printed and published
in scores of languages.
Published in 1936,How to Win Friends and Influence Peopleis still a popular book in business
andbusiness
communicationskills.
Dale Carnegie's four part book contains advice on how to create success in
business and personal lives.How
to Win Friends and Influence Peopleis
a tool used in Dale Carnegie Training and includes the following parts:
Part 1: Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
Part 2: Six Ways to Make People Like You
Part 3: How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking
Part 4: Be a Leader – How to Change People without Arousing Resentment. Dale Carnegie's Summary of "How to Wind Friends and Influence People":
01Don't
criticize, condemn or complain. 02Give honest and sincere
appreciation. 03Arouse in the other person
an eager want.
Part 2 Six ways to make people like you 04 Become genuinely interested in other people. 05
Smile.
06 Address a person by his personal name. 07 Be a good listener.
08 Talk in terms of the other person's interests. 09 Make the other person feel important,
sincerely.
Part 3 Win people to your way of thinking 10 Avoid arguments. 11
Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never
say, "You're wrong."
12 If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
13 Begin in a friendly way.
14 Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
15 Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
16 Let the other person feel that the idea is his.
17 Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
18 Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
19 Appeal to the nobler motives.
20 Dramatize your ideas.
21 Throw down a challenge.
Part
4 Be a Leader: How
to Change People Without Arousing Resentment
22 Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
23 Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. 24 Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other
person. 25 Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. 26 Let the other person save face. 27 Be
"hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
28 Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to. 29 Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to
correct. 30 Make the other person happy about doing
the thing you suggest.
The above 30 principles have some overlaps as they are given under four headings. Among these, 10 principles of my choice are shown in red.
Thom knew at
an early age that painting was his true calling. He dedicated his life to
creating art that emphasized simple pleasures and inspirational messages.Hewas
inspired not by fame and fortune, but by the simple act of painting straight
from the heart, putting on canvas the natural wonders and images that moved him
most.
Hometown Bridge
"The Bridge in Hometown Memories collection fondly revisits my idyllic childhood and I have often found that the heart and emotions of the boy seem to blend with the mind and sensitivities of the adult artist. As a maturing artist, I recognize deeper meaning within bridges, those ravine spanning passages we make in life; first love, birth of a child." - Thomas Kinkade
Hometown Morning
“I think that in my Hometown Memories
collection, I have established – at least to my own satisfaction – that you can
go home again. Perhaps not with a boy’s innocence and enthusiasm, but certainly
with an adult’s fond memories and deep appreciation for the gifts of community,
of belonging, of shared values and dreams that are the essence of the hometown
experience. Hometown Morning is the sixth and final look at the hometown of my
boyhood – and, I hope, at some of the things you remember most warmly about you
hometown as well.” – Thomas Kinkade
Savannah Romance
"In my painting,
Savannah Romance, I've included an abundance of color - dogwood and mimosa
trees vie for attention with resplendent southern magnolias and lush azaleas.
Reigning over it all is the majestic Forsyth Fountain, bubbling forth with
blessings anew. It is my hope that your imagination will take you on a
stroll down this shaded pathway to discover your own fountain of many
blessings." - Thomas Kinkade
Pathway to Paradise
"When humankind was young, we lived in
a garden paradise…I believe that to be literally true. When we were children, we lived
in a protected sanctuary, under the loving care of our parents.
The world was
new to our experience, and filled with wonder and mystery. The light had a
special radiance…the flowers were treasures of color and scent ... butterfly was a
small miracle.Then they grew up." - Thomas Kinkade
It was
this dedication and singular-minded focus on the ultimate goal of Sharing the
Light that made Thomas Kinkade, a simple boy with a brush from the small
country town of Placerville, California the most-collected living artist of his
time.
Throughout his life Thomas Kinkade shared his joy and used
his paints in support of hospitals, schools, and humanitarian relief. Though
the recipient of countless awards and honors, it was Thom’s profound sense of
purpose that his art was not just an accessory, but also a ministry, that
continues on as his legacy. From custom images that were sold for The Salvation
Army, Hurricane Katrina relief, Rotary International, to donations that now
grace the halls of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, the White House,
The Vatican, and Britain’s Tate Museum, Thom raised hundreds of thousands of
dollars over his lifetime for charity.
2015-46 Henry Landseer: "The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner" A Masterpiece of the "Man of Mind"
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer [1802-1873]
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer [1802-1873] was an English painter, well known for his paintings of animals—particularly horses, dogs and stags. However, his best known works are the lion sculptures in Trafalgar Square. His work had added appeal in the Victorian age because of his
tendency to give his animal scenes a moral dimension. These pictures were
widely circulated in his time in the form of engravings, often made by his
brother Thomas. Edwin Landseer was the youngest son of an engraver and studied under Benjamin Robert Haydon, the historical painter,
who encouraged him to study animal anatomy. In 1824 Landseer made the
first of his many visits to Scotland. He fell in love with the Highlands, which
inspired many of his later paintings such as 'The
Monarch of the Glen' [1851]. He also visitedSir
Walter Scott, who admired his paintings and chose him as one of the
illustrators to the Waverley edition of his novels. In the 1830s his work
gained wide popularity and was bought both by the aristocracy and the middle class.
Lions at the base of Nelson's Column
After a breakdown in 1840, Landseer had a permanent
fight against depression and ill health, although he continued to paint
brilliantly almost until the end of his life. In the 1860s he modelled thelions
at the baseof Nelson's
Column in Trafalgar Square. In 1866 he declined
the presidency of the Royal Academy, and after 1870 sank slowly into insanity. John Ruskin's comments on Landseer's "The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner" [Modern Painters Vol.1]
Landseer: "The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner" [1837]
This painting "The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner" by Landseer, when first exhibited in Royal Academy Exhibition in 1837, received complimentary comments from many established critics, and was enthusiastically greeted in the press. It was engraved by Gibbon in 1838, and became one of the best-selling prints of the century.
In his 'Modern Painters Vol I' [1843], Ruskin described it as'one of the most perfect poems or pictures which modern times have seen.'He went on to say, 'The exquisite execution of the glossy and crisp hair of the dog, the bright sharp touching of the green bough, the clear painting of the wood of the coffin and the folds of the blanket, are language - language clear and expressive in the highest degree.
But the close pressure of the dog's breast against the wood, the convulsive clinging of the paws, which has dragged the blanket off the trestle, the total powerlessness of the head, laid close and motionless, upon its folds, the fixed and tearful fall of the eye in its utter hopelessness, the rigidity of repose which marks that there has been no motion nor change in the trance of agony since the last blow was struck on the coffin-lid, the quietness and gloom of the chamber, the spectacles marking the place where the Bible was last closed, indicating how lonely has been the life, how unwatched the departure, of him who is now laid solitary in his sleep - these are all thoughts - thoughts by which the picture is separated at once from hundreds of equal merit, as far as mere painting goes, by which it ranks as a work of high art, and stamps its author, not as the neat imitator of the texture of a skin, or the fold of a drapery, but as the Man of Mind.'
Some More Masterpieces by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer:
Landseer: "Bloudhound and Pups" [1839]
Landseer: Deer of Chillingham Park, Northumberland [1867]
Postscript: More than a year after the first post on Landseer on 1 Jun 2014 in 2014-22 Devotion of a Dog: Henry Landseer's "Attachment" [Click Here], I came across Landseer's "The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner" with John Ruskin's comments on it. Also I could not leave out Landseer's "Bloudhound and Pups" and the "Deer of Chillingham Park, Northumberland". Hence this revisit to Landseer.
THE STORY OF SATYAKAMA [CHANDOGYA UPANISHAD Part IV CH. 4-9]
Part IV Chapter 1: The
Story of Satyakama
Satyakama and mother Japala
4.4.1 Once upon a
time, Satyakama the son of Jabala addressed his mother and said: "Revered
Mother, I wish to become a brahmacharin. Of what lineage am I?"
4.4.2 She said to
him: "I do not know, my child, of what lineage you are. In my youth, I
served in many households, and at that time you wereborn to me. I
do not know of what lineage you are. I am Jabala by name and you are
Satyakama. Say, then, that you are Satyakama Jabala.
4.4.3 He came to
Gautama the son of Haridrumata and said: "Revered Sir, I wish to live with
you as a brahmacharin. May I approach you, as a pupil?"
4.4.4 Gautama said to
him: "Of what lineage are you, beloved?" Satyakama said: "I do
not know, Sir, of what lineage I am. I asked my mother about it and she
replied: “In my youth, I served in many households, and
at that time you wereborn to me. I do not know of what lineage you are. I
am Jabala by name and you are Satyakama. Say, then, that you are Satyakama
Jabala.” I am, therefore, Sir, Satyakama Jabala."
"Beloved, go with these"
4.4.5 Gautama said:
"None but a true brahmin would thus speak out. Fetch the fuel, beloved; I
shall initiate you. You have not departed from truth." He initiated
Satyakama. Having separated out four hundred lean and weak cows from his herd,
he said: "Beloved, go with these." Driving them away toward the
forest, Satyakama said: "I shall not return until they become a
thousand."
He lived a number of
years in the forest. When the cows had become a thousand --
Part IV Chapter 5: Instruction
by the Bull
1. Initiation by the Bull
4.5.1 The bull of the
herd, addressing him, said: "Satyakama!" "Revered Sir!"
Satyakama replied. The bull said: "Dear friend, we have become a thousand,
take us to teacher’s house.
4.5.2 "I will
declare to you one foot of Brahman." "Declare it, Revered Sir."
The bull said to him: "The east is one quarter, the west is one quarter,
the south is one quarter, the north is one quarter. This, dear friend, is one foot
of Brahman, consisting of four quarters and this foot is called Prakasavat [shining].
4.5.3 "He who
knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman consisting of four quarters as
shining, becomes shining on this earth. He conquers shining worlds−he who knows
this and meditates on the foot of Brahman consisting of four quarters as shining."
Part IV Chapter 6: Instruction
by Fire
4.6.1 The bull
further said: "Agni [fire] will declare to you another foot of
Brahman." Satyakama then, when it was the morrow, drove the cows in the
direction of the teacher’s house. And when they came together toward evening,
he lighted a fire, penned the cows, laid fuel on the fire and sat down behind
the fire, facing the east.
4.6.3 "Dear
friend, I will declare to you one foot of Brahman." "Declare it,
revered Sir." Agni said to him: "The earth is one quarter, the sky is
one quarter, heaven is one quarter, the ocean is one quarter. This, dear
friend, is one foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters and this foot is
called Anantavat (endless).
4.6.4 "He who
knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman consisting of four quarters as
endless, becomes endless on this earth. He conquers endless worlds−he who knows
this and meditates on the foot of Brahman consisting of four quarters as endless."
Part IV Chapter 7: Instruction
by the Swan
4.7.1 Agni further
said: "A hamsa [swan] will declare to you another foot." Satyakama
then, when it was the morrow, drove the cows in the direction of the teacher’s
house. And when they came together toward evening, he lighted a fire, penned
the cows, laid fuel on the fire and sat down behind the fire, facing the east.
3. Initiation by the Swan
4.7.2 Then a swan
flew to him and said: "Satyakama!" "Revered Sir!" Satyakama
replied.
4.7.3 Dear friend, I
will declare to you one foot of Brahman." "Declare it, revered
Sir." The swan said to him: "Fire is one quarter, the sun is one
quarter, the moon is one quarter, lightning is one quarter. This, dear friend,
is one foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters and this foot is called
Jyotishmat [luminous].
4.7.4 He who knows
this and meditates on the foot of Brahman consisting of four quarters as
luminous, becomes luminous on this earth. He conquers luminous worlds−he who
knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman consisting of four quarters as
luminous.
Part IV Chapter 8: Instruction
by the Diver−Bird
4.Initiation by the Diver-bird
4.8.1 The swan
further said: "A madgu [diver−bird] will declare to you another
foot." Satyakama then, when it was the morrow, drove the cows in the
direction of the teacher’s house. And when they came together toward evening,
he lighted a fire, penned the cows, laid fuel on the fire and sat down behind
the fire, facing the east.
4.8.2 Then a
diver−bird flew to him and said: "Satyakama!" "Revered
Sir!" Satyakama replied.
4.8.3 "Dear
friend, I will declare to you one foot of Brahman." "Declare it,
revered Sir." The diver−bird said to him: "The prana is one quarter,
the eye is one quarter, the ear is one quarter, the mind is one quarter. This,
dear friend, is one foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters and this foot
is called Ayatanavat (having support).
4.8.4 "He who
knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman consisting of four quarters as
Ayatanavat, possesses a support [i.e. home] on this earth. He conquers the
worlds which offer a home−he who knows this and meditates on the foot of
Brahman consisting of four quarters as Ayatanavat."
Part IV Chapter 9: Instruction
by the Teacher
4.9.1 Satyakama
reached the teacher’s hermitage. The teacher said to him: "Satyakama!"
"Revered Sir!" Satyakama replied.
4.9.2 The teacher
said: "Beloved, you shine like one who knows Brahman. Who has taught
you?" "Others than men," he replied. "But I wish, revered
Sir, that you alone should teach me."
5. Initiation by the Guru Gautama
4.9.3 "For I
have heard from persons like your good self that only knowledge which is learnt
from a teacher [acharya] leads to the highest good." Then he [Gautama]
taught him [Satyakama] the same knowledge. Nothing whatsoever was left out,
yea, nothing whatsoever was left out.
Satyakama is sent forth to tend a herd of cattle, with the
understanding that he must not return until they number a thousand. He departs
to the depths of the forest to feed his herds. The evident meaning would seem
to be that the disciple is set the task of developing his spiritual
perceptions, in addition to his physical powers and mind; and that only after
he has done this, can his master initiate him.
The Sanskrit commentaries confirm the interpretation of
this story as a parable of spiritual things. We are told that a Divinity
entered the bull, in order to teach him. In general. the teaching given to
Satyakama is a foreshadowing of the doctrine of the Four Steps of the Eternal,
set forth in Mandukya Upanishad.
These four steps are: natural body, subtle body, causal
body, divine body, with the states or planes o£ consciousness corresponding to
them. It is easy to see how the story of Satyakama and his four lessons, each
divided into four, would prepare the way for this later, more mystical
teaching, and make it more intelligible.
We may , if we wish, identify his four teachers: the
bull, as physical life; the fire, as the life of the subtle body, called the
Radiant in the later Upanishad, the swan as the vesture of the adept; the
cormorant, which disappears beneath the waters, as the body of the sage who
has attained Brahma jnana, and has withdrawn from the visible world.
"Beloved, thy face shines as the face of one who knows the Eternal. . . . "
"This Eternal they call the Uniter of Beauty. . .", "Those who go forward on that path return not. . ."
