Here’s the final tip I’m going to share from Dale Carnegie: Strengthen relationships.

It has been reported that one of the greatest personal strengths of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was her ability to make the person she was speaking with feel like the most important person in the world.

Here’s a time-tested strategy:
1. Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain.
2. Give honest, sincere appreciation.
3. Become genuinely interested in other people.
4. Smile.
5. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
6. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
7. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
8. Make the other person feel important, and do it sincerely.