Dale Carnegie | American writer | Biography In English |

 

Dale Carnegie he was a self-help writer and motivational speaker he was born in Maryville Missouri United States on November 24th, 1888 his father's name was James William Carnegie and his mother's name was Amanda Elizabeth Harbison 

his father was a farmer he attended Rose Hill and n harmony both one-room schools he along with his family moved to a farm in Warrensburg in 1904 in the couple of years that he spent in high school there after passing out from high school he enrolled at the State Teachers College in Warrensburg

however in the two years before he graduated in 1908 his proficiency in Latin unfortunately did not match his oratory prowess he failed in the subject and left College in 1908 without obtaining the bachelor's degree in his first job he sold ranchers correspondence courses however he soon progressed to selling soap lard and bacon for armor and company

having saved a princely $500 in 1911 he quit his sales career to pursue his dream of teaching adult education courses in charaka however he ended up enrolling it to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1912 Dale Carnegie persuaded the manager of the YMCA hostel to allow him to teach public speaking there his classes proved to be an immediate hit in 1913 he

published public speaking and influencing men in businesses the first of his many best-selling books his unique approach to public speaking capitalized on the desire of the average American for more self-confidence and made his classes so popular Carnegie moved out of the YMCA in 1914 to establish his own Dale Carnegie Institute to accommodate the steadily rising number of students his monthly

income at this time was a handsome five hundred dollars with his stars on the ascendancy Dale in 1916 even rented New York's iconic Carnegie Hall for his lectures that had become wildly popular by the time in 1919 Carnot G changed the spelling of his surname to Carnegie in 1926 public speaking a practical course for businessmen a collection of his lectures was published the

bestseller made in richer but Carnegie was wiped out in 1929 stock market crash in 1927 Carnegie got married to Lolita Beaucaire but the marriage proved to be unsuccessful and they were divorced in 1937 the couple had a daughter rosemary in 1932 the title of the book was changed to public speaking and influencing men in businesses in 1936 the book that made al Carnegie a global star author how to win 

friends and influence people was published the first print run of 5,000 copies was exhausted quickly and how to win friends and influence people had to be reprinted 17 times within the first few months of its release by the time Carnegie passed away it had sold nearly 5 million copies and was translated into 31 languages with the mega success of how to win friends and influence people there was an

explosion in the popularity of the Dale Carnegie Institute by that time more than 450,000 people had participated in his self-improvement salesmanship interpersonal skills development and public speaking skills development courses besides corporate training programs worldwide Carnegie wrote a succession of books Lincoln the unknown little known facts about well-known people five-minute

biographies and biographical roundup on November 5th 1944 he remarried this time to door of the price Vanderpool how to stop worrying and start living a self-improvement book was published in 1948 in 1953 the headquarters of Dale Carnegie Institute was moved to a converted warehouse in Manhattan in 1954 Carnegie converted his Dale Carnegie Institute to a company Dale Carnegie &

Associates incorporated with its headquarters in Garden City New York he died in Forest Hills New York United States on November 1st 1955 at the age of 66 people rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing said Dale Carnegie.