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Summary: Lives up to its history
Review: REALLY enjoyed this book as well as the Emotional Intelligence Quickbook that I bought as the Amazon recommended title to go with it. Seems Carnegie's perspective really was emotional intelligence before the term was coined.
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Summary: Powerful! Life Changing!
Review: To sum this book up very briefly it is both powerful and life changing. Anyone can benefit from reading and applying the time tested principles in this classic by Carnegie.
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Summary: Still the best human relations book
Review: It's simply A-maz-ing that this great book is still the best human realtions book on the planet and remains a best seller after 80 years!I've been through 6 copies so far. Great book. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Principles that work for everyone
Review: In this world where everyone has an opinion, it is a joy to find information that stands the test of time. This book is a timeless wonder. In my opinion, this human relations masterpiece should be given to every student in the classroom.
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Summary: A Personal Companion
Review: Yes, yes. It seems to me, at first, that this book is a propaganda material written by and for the Republican Party (an American political party). Just count how many names affiliated with the party appears in this book to prove my case. Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Calvin Coolidge to name a few. However, advise such as 'criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride' is just helpful! Tao Te Ching for the modern age... and easier to grasp. This is a book on how to deal with people and complicated situations. And a valuable one on many day-to-day subjects. Keep it on your bedside table You just have to love this book!!!
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Summary: Good advice
Review: This book has great advice, unless of course you live where I do, where no one is friendly. Then, all the advice in the world is useless when it comes to making friends. Some people are just jerkos. And who wants to be friends with a Jerko? I'm sure if I lived someplace different this book would work wonders. I prefer the book, The Little Guide To Happiness, because, after you read that book, you don't need friends to be happy.
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Summary: It's either this or hardcore brainwashing..........
Review: How to influence people? one may ask.... This book will work for 30% of the world population. This 30% is already socially skilled and able to control people, they can use this book as an outline of etiquette. If the remaining 70% wants to learn how to influence people they should join the Jehova's wittnesses, Landmark or even better, get involved with Scientology. Here they will really learn how to pressure peoples thought processes, have the morality of a shark and become numb to any counter-argument. Then it won't bother you if you call people on their wedding day or on their fathers funeral to sell them something, you'll get the deal closed! I also heared the government is busy constructing devices to electronically control people with some remote device. It's all in the power of the MIND......
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Summary: A Must Read for Family, Business, and Life
Review: What you should have learned in School but was never taught. So many of todays problems in family, business, and life could be avoided with the common sense principles found in this book. A must read that is timeless and easy to read over and over.
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Summary: Timeless Treasures Within
Review: Granted a lot of the lessons in this book fall under the category of "common sense," but the genius of this book is how it simplifies these lessons, provides real-life examples and then teaches us the reasons for their true effectiveness. Although this book is several decades old, the take-aways are timeless. There can be no dismissing the fact that this book can enable you to become a better leader and a better communicator - even a better person. It is well worth buying a copy of this book, and reading it every few years.
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Summary: "Timeless classic for success in life!"
Review: This is the standard 'how to succeed in life' book in the secular genre (cp. "With Joseph in the University of Adversity" in the Christian genre), and there is little I can add to other reviewers except to say: 'this author is peerless'. Carnegie states succinctly and effectively, what one needs to practice in life to become successful. I would only suggest a bit more updating in certain chapters, and a thorough indexing of persons, events, etc. might also be helpful. In short--this is a must-read for every new graduate, and a re-read for those of us who think we already know it all.
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