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How to Win Friends and Influence People

How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Impressive soul
Review: I been impressed with the Dale Carneige book 'How to win Friends & Influence People' ever since I read this book. It's a great possession and an asset - Get updated before you are Outdated! The book has remained the best in series of understanding human nature with the tips n tricks of the winning edge. I recommend this book to all who live with the hopes to reach the skies and shine with success. Money alone does not matter but its the very essence of human relations that bridges the gaps. The book provides not only information but is an attempt to form new habits to stay tuned with life. Carnegie believed that financial success is 15 percent due to professional knowledge and 85 percent to the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people. The book teaches the very skills to follow the principles and be a leader without a wee bit of resentment. Co-operation and how to deal with people, being a good conversationalist with the power of voice and interest people is jotted down by Dale Carneige in an amazing way. People apt to make mistakes but how to admit it and stop criticizing is a way to win friends. Nobody likes others to be bossy or take orders but in situations that arise, Dale figures out ways to tackle with techniques. How to win friends is a handy guide for every person, especially business people and should be on top charts in home library or work place. A wisdom book for healthy human relationships you can't ignore to read, after all. Apart from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, How to win friends is a 'Sure Pick' Enjoy!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: So True!
Review: If you can only read three books for the rest of your life...these are the three I recommend:

1.) Breaking the Pattern
2.) How to Win Friend and Influence People
3.) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

If you read all three of these books, you'll be set for life! "Breaking the Pattern" shows you how to reach all the goals you've ever wanted to. "How to Win Friends" makes sure that you wont be alone when you do reach those goals, and Stephen Covey teaches you how to do both most effectively!

With these three books, you can't lose! You won't lose! I've been recommending them to all my dearest friends!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Practical And The Basics
Review: As a former Dale Carnegie Course instructor, I wholeheartedly recommend that you read -- study -- "How To Win Friends" by Dale Carnegie. I suggest you then go on to read -- study -- the book called "West Point: Character Leadership Education, A Book Developed From Thomas Jefferson's Own Readings And Writings" by Norman Thomas Remick. The latter lays out in plain language, as Dale Carnegie or Will Rogers would have done, the philosophical basics behind the inimitable Dale Carnegie's writings.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Out-of-date classic
Review: I used to like this book. I did... really! For some reason I kept it all these years. In reality, this book suffers from its conversational style. The advice offered comes down to manipulative maneuvers like "Smile" and "Appreciate other people"
For those looking for a success-type book, I recommend these titles:
_7 Habits of Highly Effective People_
_Greatest Networker in the World_
_Successful Intelligence_

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best book I have ever read
Review: This is the best book I have ever read!!! It made my life - after applying Dales techniques, I really think my impression in front of other people has improved. I also gave this book to my staff to read. Its a classic. And its so wonderful with so many examples. Its just the best. I have read it more then 10 times.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: My Dad Made Me Read This Book
Review: And you have no idea how successful it has been!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Brilliance of Simplicity!
Review: Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends & Influence People Changed My Life. At first glance, and to many readers this appears to be manipulation at its best......which it isn't! The words, sincere & honest which appear frequently destroy all myths this is about manipulating others.
Everything Mr. Carnegie says goes beyond getting people on your side. Once you start to apply these principles it will cause you to take a look at YOURSELF, take control of your actions, choose who you want to be and how you treat others around you to get the most out of yourself, and encourage others to do the same.
The brilliance......is that there is nothing in this book we haven't been taught since grade school. NObody re-inventing the wheel so to speak, its the principles and fundamentals of human interaction we all know, and forget to use on a daily basis.

My suggestion, make this an annual reader, the contents are timeless reminders!!!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Brittany Manns - review
Review: Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" is a handbook providing the reader with basic guidelines on how to improve one's communication with others in order to build healthy, long-lasting relationships.
The book, comprised of four sections, with each section devoted to a certain aspect of communication, provides the reader with a multitude of ways to improve both personal and work relationships. Within each section, Carnegie promotes his "principles" - guidelines by which to live and succeed. These principles, though seemingly simplified and elementary on the surface - (smile, listen to others, show respect for opinions differing from one's own, etc...) - are truly sensible and contain quite a bit of wisdom. These are the principles which we are taught as children and which we subsequently forget as adults. Although he seems to prefer good manners and etiquette over proficiency, Carnegie clearly states that his target audience is comprised of competent individuals who are lacking the personal or communication skills to succeed in the workplace. Thus, Carnegie asks us to (re)develop these skills which are often lacking by the time we reach adulthood in order to improve our communication and human relationships. Additionally, Carnegie punctuates and illlustrates his ideas with narratives and anecdotes - although somewhat dated - to provide a sense of how the principles may be applicable for a number of diverse situations. The handbook is relatively accurate, and though many of the ideas are not new, they are certainly helpful in providing one with a sense of the necessity for improving one's communication. The book enables the individual to acknowledge his or her faults and setbacks, and ultimately empowers them to strive to succeed in becmoing a better person.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Develop a Sincere Interest in Others
Review: It's been nearly 20 years since I read this book, but think it deserves more credit than it may get. While some may dismiss the book as being manipulative, the book stresses, developing a sincere interest in others. That's a "sincere" interest in others, not a phoney, "I-want-something-from-you-so-I'm-pretending-to-be-interested" interest in others. Other basic maxims of the book, such as smiling, being "lavish in your praise and hearty in your approbation" are as timeless today as they were in 1936. Much of this book has become cliched, but that may be because there is something to these very basic principals. Again, the book stresses sincerity. A phoney will be a fraud no matter how many creases he puts in the spine of this book. Several years ago, I met some top economists from the Russian Republic visited my city, and mentioned what they learned from "Carnegie." Everyone assumed they meant Andrew, until they had to point out, they meant Dale. If Dale Carnegie is the source Russia turned to as it made its transition from communism to capitalism, doesn't it sound like something you ought to read?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An Excellent Human Relationship Bible
Review: What a wonderful book it is! By practicing Dale's principles, I changed my life completely. My personal life becomes very happy, because I learned to appreciate, respect, and help my love ones. My job becomes more enjoyable because I learned to get along with my colleagues very well. My life is full, active and happy. I am going up in this society.

I am not surprised that some people despise this book. Human relationship is so complicated that we can look at it at so many different angles. Friendship has so many definitions. Yet I believe friendship has no boundaries. People choose friends based on different purpose. So-called "true friend" changes its meaning under various circumstances. Why do we have to be so narrow-minded and angry at Dale's way of picking friends? There is no right or wrong way of thinking, but human minds make it so.

It is true that this book was written in the 1930s. So what? How much do humans change? Perhaps very little regarding our nature. I call this book a classic. It lives a truth beyond time, change or caricature.

I am sorry to say that when those angry readers wrote their severe criticisms, they violated "principle 1" in Dale's book: Don't criticize, condemn or complain. They are not going to convince Dale, or anyone who loves Dale's book, to think ill of "How to Win Friends & Influence People".

This is only my opinion. I welcome any opposite ideas.

Thank you so much for reading.


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