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Summary: Fantastic book - get the CD version
Review: Great book.. well read.. makes so much sense.. Will help you as soon as you put the philosophy in place. Has helped me secure many jobs, higher pay, turned defeat into opportunity, landed me a 90% pay rise and a transfer to singapore when the unit I was working for in europe was shut down.. Also was able to improve relations with my girl friend and she has not left me since.. Buy this book today.. don't delay..
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Summary: Timeless People Skills
Review: This book is indeed potentially life changing, as so many of the reviews have stated. It continues to speak volumes into my daily interactions with people even though I listened to it nearly four years ago. I have found that following its advice does not make me phony or narcissistic - rather just the opposite (I suppose you can choose to try to pretend to care about people, but people are wiser than that). The book promotes understanding others' behavior and could have the very positive effect of reducing day-to-day conflict. Your blood pressure could lower and relationships flourish. It certainly has had this effect in my life. And the(at times)dated language? Classic! I recommend it highly!
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Summary: Worth reading, but be your own judge
Review: Anyone who reads this classic self help book will find it beneficial. It wouldn't have lasted as long as it has if it weren't helpful. However, the first time I attempted to systematically put this book into practice, I was working with a domineering, loud, opinionated and outspoken person who subsequently stamped all over me and my "Carnegie" principles. True, many people (maybe a majority) will respond positively when you practice Dale Carnegie's plan, but there is a sizeable minority who will walk all over you regardless. And a person who has self-image problems? I hate to say it, but Dale Carnegie's book can set them up to be mowed over. I have balanced Dale Carnegie with Manuel J. Smith's book WHEN I SAY NO I FEEL GUILTY. I found it more effective when I built a good, healthy respect for myself first. Then guess what! I found myself winning more friends and influencing more people!
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Summary: Whoops! This Is Still THE Life Changer
Review: This book is still THE life changer. Though other how-to books on character and leadership are good, if not a one of them existed, Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends" would be all anyone would need. I read the book as part of the course I took. It's loaded with inspiring anecdotes about how showing character and leadership can win friends and influence people. It's presented in a simple, easy to understand, conversational manner. Others who have taken the course and read Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends" made me aware of another book that I read as a companion to "How To Win Friends" called "West Point: Character Leadership Education.. A Book From.. Thomas Jefferson", by Norman Thomas Remick. It was also simply presented, loaded with anecdotes (from history and philosophy), and, I think, a great adjunct to all of the Dale Carnegie books on human relations.
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Summary: Pursuit of Social Excellence
Review: This book is a must for anyone interested in achieving social excellence. It contains lessons that I have used over and over in my life, and every time I read the book or listen to the audio tapes I go back to the fundamentals, and I also get sparked toward new ideas and applications. Another book I've recently read and enjoyed, "9 Free Secrets of New Sensual Power" was a similar experience in that it took me back to basics and at the same time it pointed me toward new vistas and ways of enjoying things I'd been doing for a long time. Also there are many ideas in both books which can be new for someone who hasn't put a lot of time into personal growth or self-help work.
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Summary: Just reading it made me sick.
Review: You will either love this book or despise it with every fiber of your being. I lean toward the latter. A common word describing these behaviors is "phony" and I think it fits. Reading it made me feel so disgusted, that I can't begin to imagine how I would feel actually doing some of these things. I know this book is popular and that a lot of what it has to say is used by a lot of people. It is very discouraging to know that these techniques are used by the majority of "successful" people, but alas, they are.
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Summary: A Classic For Success
Review: Dale Carnegie had made motivation into an art. Moreover, he had made his form of motivation into an American institution. Find out how an average person can achieve much through the right forms of inspiration, perspiration, and influence. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, you learn about the human factor of success and how principles applied almost 70 years ago, still speak true today.
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Summary: A helpful tool
Review: This book isn't for those who want something to happen over night. Dale Carnegie is one of the authors that make you feel that he is actually talking to you when you read his books. I kept this book on my night stand for about two years because trying to win friends and influence is a learning process. I kept it as a instant reminder just in case if I forgot certain things that were in the book. This book was recommeneded because I was a trying to get a job as a salesman. Even though, I didn't get the job I felt the book was a helpful tool for everyday life. To me this is one of the self-help books that had changed my life.
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Summary: Great book.
Review: What I found in this book is every day knowledge. Weather some people say that it is a book on how to kiss butt is beside the point. I was getting into all kinds of trouble at work, because I did not know how to play the game. I use the book daily and carry it everywhere with me. Now I am one of the most liked persons at work. I dont care if I do kiss butt, I will make it to the top by using everything in this book. I HIGHLY recommend this book for people who are in a job where they have to play the politics game.
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Summary: Lessons Which Still Hold True
Review: Despite the age of the book (mainly noticeable in some of the author's "current-day" examples) most of his lessons about human nature still hold true today. His methods seem to work, and they work rather naturally and easily. As mentioned, some of his *examples* are not feasible today, like being overly friendly to today's generally closed public, but the principles may never become outdated. Just adapt the principles to a modern world. It is an easy read and worth your time. Provokes much thought.
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