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How to Win Friends and Influence People
- communication
- relationships
- leadership
- sales
- people skills
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Why I'd hand it to you
Dale Carnegie first published this in 1936, and the advice still works: remember names, listen more than you talk, admit when you are wrong, and look at things from the other person's side. The examples are old-fashioned, with plenty of businessmen and salesmen from another era, but the ideas transfer easily to work, church and family life. One caution: used without real care for people, these techniques can feel calculated. Carnegie himself warns against flattery, but some readers still find it a little slick. If you take it as a guide to genuine kindness, it has a lot to teach.
— Matt Jordan
Quick summary
- Book
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Who it's for
- Anyone who wants better people skills at work, church or home, and reads it as a guide to real kindness rather than technique.
- Key topics
- Listening and remembering names
- Seeing the other person's side
- Admitting mistakes
- Communication and leadership
- Shelves
- Business, Psychology, General Nonfiction
Details
- Author
- Dale Carnegie
- ASIN
- 0671027034
- On these shelves
- Business Psychology General Nonfiction
- Short link
mattsbooks.org/r/wfip
