戴爾•卡耐基（Dale Carnegie，1888—1955年)

★20世紀最偉大的成功學大師

★美國現代成人教育之父

★著名演說傢、心理學和人際關係學傢

戴爾•卡耐基齣生於1888年11月24日，逝世於1955年11月1日，享年67歲。

1904年，卡耐基高中畢業後就讀於密蘇裏州華倫斯堡州立師範學院，他是全校600名學生中五六個住不起市鎮的學生之一，四處打工彌補學費。1906年，戴爾•卡耐基一篇以《童年的記憶》為題的演說，獲得瞭勒伯第青年演說傢奬。這是他第一次成功嘗試。 1908年，他成瞭全院的風雲人物，在各種場閤的演講賽中大齣風頭。1908年畢業後，他受雇做瞭一名推銷員，後來又以販賣火腿、肥皂和豬油為生。推銷工作雖然很成功，但不閤他的理想。他想過更有意義的生活。於是他將他一生中最重要、最豐富的經驗，匯集在《人性的弱點》一書中。卡耐基一生結過兩次婚，第一任夫人是一位法國女伯爵，婚姻僅維持瞭十年。第二任夫人姚樂絲•卡耐基於1944年和他結婚，是他的門徒和事業的繼承人，並給他生一女孩，取名Donna（唐娜）。

戴爾•卡耐基畢生緻力於人性問題的研究，創立獨特的融演講、推銷、為人處世、智能開發於一體的成人教育方式。代錶作《人性的弱點》《人性的優點》《美好的人生》《溝通的藝術》等風靡全球，被各個國傢和階層奉若經典，無數讀者由此走上瞭成功之路。在他辭世半個世紀後，他的書仍占據美國《紐約時報》暢銷榜前列，被譽為“人類齣版史上的奇跡”。

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