How to Please & Fascinate Others | Timeless Etiquette

How to Please & Fascinate Others | Timeless Etiquette

Author: The Living Hour April 7, 2026 Duration: 15:39

Listen to episode 1110 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Please & Fascinate Others. Edited and adapted from The Man Who Pleases and The Woman Who Fascinates by John Albert Cone.

Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: The woman and man who pleases and fascinates is never mean or small in their disputes, never insinuate evil which they dare not say out loud. They have too much good sense to be affronted by insults, and are too busy with enjoying life to remember injuries. They may be right or wrong in their opinions, but they are too clear-headed to be unjust. 

They see the truth in Samuel Johnson’s dictum that the habit of looking on the bright side of things is worth far more than a thousand pounds a year. More than half the unhappiness in the world comes from a person’s unwillingness to look on the bright side. We all like the optimist. The bright cheerful, good-natured person, who always looks through the cloud and sees its silver lining, is as good as a tonic to our most pessimistic dispositions. 

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