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How to Win Friends and Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Publisher Comments:

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!

For over 50 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.

Now this phenomenal book has been revised and updated to help readers achieve their maximum potential in the complex and competitive 90s!

Learn:

  • The six ways to make people like you
  • The twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking
  • The nine ways to change people without arousing resentment

and much, much more!

Synopsis:

Now this phenomenal book has been revised and updated to help reades achieve their maximum potential in the complex and competitive 80s!

About the Author

Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) described himself as a "simple country boy" from Missouri but was also a pioneer of the self-improvement genre. Since the 1936 publication of his first book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, he has touched millions of readers and his classic works continue to impact lives to this day.

Table of Contents

Preface to Revised Edition by Dorothy Carnegie

How This Book Was Written — And Why by Dale Carnegie

Nine Suggestions on How to Get the Most Out of This Book

PART ONEFundamental Techniques in Handling People

1 "If You Want to Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over the Beehive"

2 The Big Secret of Dealing with People

3 "He Who Can Do This Has the Whole World with Him. He Who Cannot Walks a Lonely Way"

PART TWO
Six Ways to Make People Like You

1 Do This and You'll Be Welcome Anywhere

2 A Simple Way to Make a Good First Impression

3 If You Don't Do This. You Are Headed for Trouble

4 An Easy Way to Become a Good Conversationalist

5 How to Interest People

6 How to Make People Like You Instantly

PART THREE
How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking

1 You Can't Win an Argument

2 A Sure Way of Making Enemies — And How to Avoid It

3 If You're Wrong, Admit It

4 A Drop of Honey

5 The Secret of Socrates

6 The Safety Valve in Handling Complaints

7 How to Get Cooperation

8 A Formula That Will Work Wonders for You

9 What Everybody Wants

10 An Appeal That Everybody Likes

11 The Movies Do It. TV Does It. Why Don't You Do It?

12 When Nothing Else Works, Try This

PART FOUR
Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment

1 If You Must Find Fault, This Is the Way to Begin

2 How to Criticize — And Not Be Hated for It

3 Talk About Your Own Mistakes First

4 No One Likes to Take Orders

5 Let the Other Person Save Face

6 How to Spur People On to Success

7 Give a Dog a Good Name

8 Make the Fault Seem Easy to Correct

9 Making People Glad to Do What You Want

A Shortcut to Distinction by Lowell Thomas

The Dale Carnegie Courses

Other Books

Personal Techniques

Index

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sai, June 23, 2009 (view all comments by sai)
hello me sai kishore
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If I can get the whole book to read from the PC it will be an opportunity for me to revise my thinking ability
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regatgirl, November 6, 2006 (view all comments by regatgirl)
I learned so much from this book. I love many of stories Dale puts in this book because they can get you hooked if you're not careful. The stories were also good examples for each topic.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780671723651
Editor:
Carnegie, Dorothy
Editor:
Pell, Arthur R.
Editor:
Carnegie, Dorothy
Author:
Carnegie, Dale
Author:
Pell, Arthur R.
Publisher:
Pocket Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Applied Psychology
Subject:
Success
Subject:
Interpersonal Relations
Subject:
Motivational
Subject:
Psychology
Subject:
Motivation (psychology)
Subject:
Careers - General
Subject:
General Self-Help
Subject:
Personal Growth - Success
Copyright:
Edition Number:
Rev. ed.
Edition Description:
B101
Series Volume:
236
Publication Date:
January 1981
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
674x420x84 32

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