Top 9 Leadership Principles for Military Veterans

Learn the Secret Simple Principles that Transform "Joe the Veteran" to "Joe the Successful Veteran; a Leader in the family, community, and at work

by John P. Allen, General Manager of VeteransToday.com
 
The Dale Carnegie book "How to Win Friends and Influence People" has transformed the lives of over millions and millions of people over the last 90 years.  It has been cited as the book that has inspired the world’s most successful people.

In deed, President Barack Obama employs the teachings of Dale Carnegie in dealing with very hard to manage relationships. Everytime I watch President Obama, he takes actions that follow Dale Carnegie’s simply yet powerful principles to win friends and influence people.  No matter your personal politics, Obama has really inspired the world and it’s not by accident. 

Dale Carnegie works! It’s that simple! Of course, there are so many successful people that have embraced the simple principles taught by Dale Carnegie that the list is simply too long for the purposes of this article.  Instead, I will list the the Top 9 principles of Dale Carnegie’s Be a Leader;

A leader’s job often includes changing your people’s attitudes and behavior.  Some suggestions to accomplish this are;

Principle 1
Begin with praise and honest appreciation

Principle 2
Call Attention to people’s mistakes indirectly

Principle 3
Talk about your own mistakes before critiquing the other person

Principle 4
Ask questions instead of giving direct orders

Principle 5
Let the other person save face

Principle 6
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement.  Be “generous” in your approbation and lavish in your praise.

Principle 7
Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to

Principle 8
Use encouragement.  Make the fault seem easy to correct

Principle 9
Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest

In the early 1930s Dale Carnegie was known for his books and a radio program. When he published How to Win Friends and Influence People in 1930, it enjoyed immediate success and would become one of the best-sellers of all time, selling more than 10 million copies in many languages. This led to demand for him as a lecturer and writer: he began a syndicated newspaper column and organized the Dale Carnegie Institute for Effective Speaking and Human Relations, with branches all over the world. He lived to see the day when his name became virtually synonymous with the very kind of self-help-to-success that he promoted.

Dale Carnegie loved to teach others how to become successful. His rock-solid, time-tested advice has helped many now-famous people to climb the ladder of success. How to Win Friends and Influence People remains one of the best-sellers of all time, because of its colorful illustrative stories and simple, well-phrased rules. Two of Dale Carnegie’s most famous maxims are, "Believe that you will succeed, and you will," and "Learn to love, respect and enjoy other people." Dale Carnegie died in 1955 at the age of 67.

Today his legacy lives on as his book continues forward and simply explains how to win with people.  To me, this book is essential not only for every Veteran but for every person the planet!  Buy it NOW and Read it. It will only take you a few days if you are slow like me but it will change your life forever!