Interesting book
4 stars
I learnt a lot about dealing with people from this book. Still, many principles were quite repetitive.
Paperback, 291 pages
English language
Published Aug. 31, 1982 by Pocket.
You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you!
Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie's first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.
I learnt a lot about dealing with people from this book. Still, many principles were quite repetitive.
As the book went on, it became more of a chore to read. There are a lot of good ideas in the book, but I feel as though there are too many similar examples that have the same results and very few will stick with me.
This was on my list of 'books to read to see what all the fuss is about'. It basically boils down to 'be nice to people when you are dealing with them and they will respond better than if you criticise them'. Like most self-help books, not exactly rocket science, but it's no doubt made the author and his publisher a small fortune and I wish I'd written it.