How to Win Friends and Influence 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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Summary: Danger of Inauthenticity and Narcissism
Review: YES, this classic book "works" for improving some aspects of your interpersonal interactions. Just be careful of the dangers, becoming insincere or phony to lose yourself, or becoming a narcissist who treats other people as objects and exploits them. A more human approach to social life is found in self-help shyness books, such as the Gift of Shyness and My Shyness, My Self. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.

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Summary: First 'success' book I ever read
Review: This was the first book that I ever read dealing with the area of personal success. The title put me off a little at first, but once I started reading it I couldn't stop. Most everyone knows this is an all time classic and although it was originally written many years ago, it's lessons are as important today as ever before. With the Information Age rushing in, it will be very important for us to maintain a balance between high tech and high touch. This book is still the best I've ever read on relating to others. If you'd like to enhance the relationships in your life (work, school, family, friends, etc.) then you need this book!

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Summary: Great knowledge for life
Review: This is such a great book. It is an easy reader with great examples and stories. Dale Carnegie is truly talented. I have read this book over and over because each time you get something out of it. It teaches you excellent listening and communication skills