Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie (originally Carnagey) was a pioneer in corporate training programs and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, public speaking and interpersonal skills. His best know book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People," first published in 1936, remains popular ever since. He was born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey, on November 24, 1888, in Maryville, Missouri. His father, named John William Carnagey, was a poor farmer. His mother, named Amanda Elizabeth Carnagey (nee Harbison), worked with his father on the farm. The family was in debt, and as a young boy he had to get up at 4 A. M. every day to milk the cows and help on the farm, then to go to school. He managed to get through school and graduated from the State Teacher's College in Warrensburg, Missouri. Dale Carnagey's first job was selling correspondence learning courses to farmers. Then he worked as a salesman for Armour & Company, the largest slaughterhouse and meatpacking company in Chicago. He was selling their meats, soap, lard, and other byproducts. Armour & Company was notorious for low compensation and also for banning unionization. Carnagey was the most successful salesman in Omaha, and made his sales territory the national leader of the company. In 1911 he quit the job as a salesman in order to pursue a lifelong dream to become a lecturer with then popular adult education courses in Chautauqua, near Jamestown, New York. However, he ended up instead attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, then he tried acting with a touring troupe, but the production where he played a role soon ended. He returned to New York, unemployed and nearly broke, and was living at the YMCA on the 125 Street. There he tried writing but without any success. In 1912 Dale Carnagey persuaded the YMCA hostel manager to allow him to teach a class on public speaking. He got himself a classroom in return for 80% of the net proceeds. Carnagey was improvising from his first session, and as he run out of material, he suggested that students speak about "something that made them angry." Carnagey noticed that the technique made his students unafraid to speak before an audience. Although the same technique was known since ancient philosophical schools, and has been widely used in group therapy, albeit Dale Carnagey developed his own approach. He quickly became a successful teacher capitalizing on the average American's desire to have more self-confidence. In 1913 Dale Carnagey published his first bestselling book: "Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business" (1913-1932 with updates and revisions). In 1914 he was earning 500 dollars a week, which at that time was the price of a new Ford Model T. In 1916 Dale Carnagey was able to rent the New York's main venue, the Carnegie Hall, and his lectures were sold out. In 1919 he changed the spelling of his name from Carnagey to Carnegie. In 1926 he published the first collection of his writings titled "Public Speaking: a practical Course for Business Men." The book became a bestseller, and the author became rich. However, he lost all his savings in the stock market crash of 1929. Dale Carnegie learned to accept the worst that can happen, then proceed to improve on the worst. His own experience was the source for his bestselling books: "Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business" and "How to Win Friends and Influence People" (1936). The latter book had 17 printings in the first year. He also wrote "Lincoln the Unknown," a biography of president Abraham Lincoln. Carnegie developed famous courses on self-improvement, salesmanship, and corporate training programs, as well, as programs for improvement in public speaking skills and interpersonal skills. Dale Carnegie died at age 66, of a Hodgkin's lymphoma, complicated with uremia, on November 1, 1955, in Forest Hills, New York. He was laid to rest in the Belton cemetery, Cass County, Missouri, USA. Over 50 million copies of Dale Carnegie's books were sold worldwide, translated in about 40 languages. In the late 1950s Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited America with top Soviet experts for learning and using the most efficient American business techniques in the Soviet government. Carnegie's books were then translated into Russian for exclusive use by the privileged leadership of the Soviet Communist party and the KGB. Carnegie's books were disallowed to general Russian public until 'perestroika' reforms were initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev. The Dale Carnegie Course is a popular tool for a shy person to overcome social anxiety in a tough business environment. It was completed by millions of students in 75 countries. Though the course has been criticized by some for it's somewhat manipulative techniques and self-promotional goals, it remains in demand. The Dale Carnegie course teaches that students should be sincere and genuine in their interests to their partner or to the object of their business. Carnegie was an early proponent of responsibility assumption; his core idea was that behavior of other people may be changed by changing one's reaction to them.
Dale E. Turner

Dale E. Turner

Dale ("DeeTee") Dale stars alongside Patton Oswalt in the Sci-Fi Anthology series episode Shatter Belt - The Specimen. He has a recurring role as "Roy" in CBS's Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage. Dale's other TV credits include Carol's Second Act, Turnt, Detroiters, Bones, Modern Family, Kingdom, House M.D., Mr. Sunshine, Brothers & Sisters, How i Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, E.R., Close To Home, Desperate Housewives, The Shield, Cold Case, Once and Again and Hill Street Blues. Dale is the Executive Producer, writer, and titular character of the award-winning short film, My Name Is Lamar. His other film credits include Hurricanna, All The Way, Electric Slide, The Marshmallow Mystery Tour, Intolerable Cruelty, Real Women Have Curves, This Christmas, Loaner, Teddy Bears' Picnic, Wedding Day, Dharini, Gobhi and God and Bloody Wednesday. Dale was honored to be on the 2010 Primetime Emmy ballot for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy and Drama series. (Modern Family and House M.D.) As a voiceover actor, Dale portrayed Sampson Fair in the Antaeus Theatre Company's radio play production of Zip Code Plays - Pacoima . Dale's narration for the audiobook, "What The Hell Do You Have To Lose?: Trump's War On Civil Rights" by Juan Williams and "The Hall - A Celebration Of Baseball's Greats" for the National Baseball Hall Of Fame and Museum was released in the Fall of 2014. He also voiced several characters in the videogame Grand Theft Auto V. Dale began his professional theatre career at Starlight Musical Theatre in The Desert Song. Since then he's performed in Joe Turner's Come And Gone, White Linen and Toys In The Attic at the Old Globe Theatre, Inspecting Carol at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Ain't Misbehavin' at Cincinnati Playhouse, Once On This Island at Virginia Stage Company, A Christmas Carol and Death Of A Miner at San Diego Rep, The Secret Garden and Big River at Sacramento Music Circus, Woyzeck at Sledgehammer Theatre, Ceremonies In Dark Old Men and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at The Human I Theatre, My One And Only and Showboat at Starlight Musical Theatre, Benches at the Broadwater Theatre in Hollywood and Rule My World at Long Beach Playhouse 99. Dale has over 100 National Commercials to his credit including one spot with the U.S. Army that earned him Advertising Age Magazine's Best Commercial Actor award in 2004. As a vocalist, Dale lent his voice to the feature film, This Christmas, and was lead singer and percussionist for the R&B band, Upside De Head. He has sung in recording sessions as well as in concerts with Chris Brown, Poison, Barry Manilow, Helen Reddy, gospel artists Tramaine Hawkins, John P. Kee, Kurt Carr and was a member of the gospel group, The Rickey Grundy Chorale. Dale's screenplays, Mr. Cotton, Chalkline, Nice Guys Finish Lonely and Annie's Miracle along with his sitcom, Theme Park are being shopped through his production company, TurnerWorks.

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