false <![CDATA[How to Win Friends & Influence People]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165481451m/4865.jpg 4865 52 This grandfather of all people-skills books was first published in 1937. It was an overnight hit, eventually selling 15 million copies. <I>How to Win Friends and Influence People</I> is just as useful today as it was when it was first published, because Dale Carnegie had an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated. Financial success, Carnegie believed, is due 15 percent to professional knowledge and 85 percent to "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people." He teaches these skills through underlying principles of dealing with people so that they feel important and appreciated. He also emphasizes fundamental techniques for handling people without making them feel manipulated. Carnegie says you can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person an eager want." You learn how to make people like you, win people over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offense or arousing resentment. For instance, "let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers," and "talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person." Carnegie illustrates his points with anecdotes of historical figures, leaders of the business world, and everyday folks. <I>--Joan Price</I> 2370171 book 1937 How to Win Friends & Influence People total:5491|5:2057|4:1748|3:1216|2:358|1:112| 5491 21753 7839 915 4 7 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Sep 27 14:04:07 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 14:04:27 -0700 2007
One - it seemed pretty much timeless. Not much anachronism here, because language still serves the same purposes as ever, and people still want basically the same things they've always wanted. I...more...]]> 5 6 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Oct 02 14:36:19 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 14:37:45 -0700 2008 4 3 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 21:25:39 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 22:26:40 -0700 2008 A well written book with a lot of examples, including many of good folks from the history and many without any citation, but none-the-less seem real. The examples are written so that the message goes across well. Repetition is avoided. The stuff mentioned is pretty obvious and simp...more...]]> 2 5 false false Tue Apr 24 18:34:50 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 24 18:36:55 -0700 2007
This book is probably really handy when you're trying to befriend kindergarteners, not as much adults. It's also aimed at salespeople and not r...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sun Feb 03 11:43:51 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 11:44:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 13:22:25 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 10:29:16 -0800 2007
I truly found this book oddly entertaining. Although ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 12:59:31 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 13:15:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 12:52:12 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 16:05:39 -0700 2009
We’ve all heard of it. But none of us have ever really read it.

And I know why. It was originally published in 1936. How can it possibly be relevant in 2009?

Plus these types of advice, self-help, new-agey textbooks reek of banal, trite, ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Aug 22 19:32:38 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 19:36:01 -0700 2008 0 1 false false Thu Mar 19 18:35:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 00:00:39 -0700 2009
Dale Carnegie was nothing but a huckstering sophist, and a very repulsive one at that. For those of you who may not know, Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People is a handbook on h...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 16:33:24 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 12:08:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 01:39:14 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 09:34:03 -0700 2008
This book has been out there for some time, but its advice still applies today. This is my best example of how his advice helped:...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 19 16:23:01 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 21 11:02:55 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 16:22:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Fri Mar 14 00:58:04 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 01:09:24 -0700 2008 No matter what your profession is, you will find that the principles described by the author apply to any situation you find yourself in.
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