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Everyone's Favorite Word

Name: Everyone's Favorite Word
Uploaded: 2025-11-06T01:00:50+00:00
Duration: 25 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief, informal video, the speaker recounts a personal story that illustrates a principle from Dale Carnegie’s classic self‑help book: using a…

6 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief, informal video, the speaker recounts a personal story that illustrates a principle from Dale Carnegie’s classic self‑help book: using a person’s name creates a powerful connection. The narrator recalls meeting someone at a casino who recognized him by name after nine months, leading to a moment of surprise and excitement. The anecdote serves to highlight how remembering and using names makes people feel valued and remembered, a desire the speaker ties to a broader human wish to be remembered while alive. The tone is conversational and enthusiastic, with a reflective closing about the importance of being remembered.

When I was in high school, I read this book called How to Make Friends and Influence People, and I think the second chapter or something is call people by their name. It's their favorite word in the whole language. There was a guy who stopped his car, got out, and was like, dude, I had seen him 9 months earlier in the casino, and I was like, Ollie, and he was like, no way, and I was like, solar sales, and he was like, yes. Everybody was like, holy shit, that was insane. He thought it was insane too. Like, when people die, they're like, I just want to be remembered, so just do it while they're alive.