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Summary: I could write a thesis on how great this book is...
Review: ...but I won't. There's too much I can say about this book, so I will keep this review very simple: It changed my life and is the best book I have ever read. It has very clear and easy examples to follow that simple to apply and, when applied, vastly improve the quality of your life.
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Summary: Simple yet brilliant
Review: In a world fall of Prozac and expensive therapists, this book is a refreshing change. The book provides a set of very simple principles that you can apply to your life to stop worrying.The book is well written and very easy to read. The chapters are short and therefore easy to absorb. The lessons are not profound. Rather, the book reminds us of simple things that we may have forgotten. It chides us for worrying about trivial things, for worrying about things that we cannot change and for worrying about things that may never pass. The book may seem slightly dated nevertheless its basic tenets are sound. The one thing I did not like about the book was its overuse of stories and anecdotes. The book would make a point and then use quite a number of stories to support the point. I think this was excessive. One or two supporting anecdotes would have been sufficient. Overall this book has made a change to the way that I view the world. If we all stepped back and objectively analysed our current lives, most of us would realise how fortunate we are to enjoy the privileges that we do today. Strongly recommended for anyone currently living the modern day, hectic, stress filled lifestyle.
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Summary: A great book. It's simple, but it helps.
Review: I first read this and its elder sister "How to win friends and influence people" near 1986. That was when I was trying to save myself from the very deep sorrow of losing my first love in life, a girl who I had spent with for four unforgettable years since high school. Those two books helped me much, really much. In the past 15 years, during the ups and downs of my life, I always went back to them and got the comfort and advice I needed, besides the Bible. I hope that those people who suffer much from worry and sorrow can get the same help from these books as I do. In fact, I am confident that they will.
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Summary: Don't medicate: read this
Review: Until I read this book, I thought I was genetically predestined to be a worrywart. My whole life, I suffered from headaches, horrific stomach problems, and other physical manifestations of worry. I was ready to throw in the towel and go on Paxil until I read this. As other reviewers have attested, the book only provides common sense. However, the combination of true stories and advice from in the trenches (literally) hammers it home and gives you an honest perspective on your problems. Before you give up and fatastically declare yourself the nervous type, take responsibility and read this book. If I can change, you can!
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Summary: Time Honored And A Classic
Review: It is tempting to dismiss some of the time honored success books in the wake of the high energy speakers of today who seem to come on like a hurrican of self-improvement hype. The Dale Carnegie tapes are powerful because they deal with principles. These are ideas which are not going to change through the year. They aren't faddish and if you follow them and apply them consistenly you'll be pleasantly shocked at the results.
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Summary: Worth Your Time
Review: Great book! Dale Carnegie delivers the solution from worry on a silver plate. An excellent GIFT for people under pressure, people in debt (college students), and you. Enjoy reading it.
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Summary: If you WANT to change your life
Review: I took the Dale Carnegie Course twice and it changed my life!!
Anytime I encounter a friend with a worring problem I always give them my copy. Make a change, it's all up to you.
Buy this book................
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Summary: Ways to beat anxiety!
Review: I agree wholeheartedly with the reviewer who said he felt better after reading just the first 3 chapters. I've already read this book twice, and I plan to go over it again, this time highlighting the many ways to beat anxiety, depression, and nervousness.
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Summary: A Great Stress Antidote
Review: Dale Carnegie was realistic enough to recognize that in a stress-filled, highly competitive society people would often be disposed toward reaching a point of exclaiming despairfully, "Enough already!" This master success mindset creator empathizes with people feeling acute frustration and lacking confidence, offering instructive examples of how the world's great achievers and beacons of inspirational thought confronted frustration and despair. One of my favorite examples from this powerful book is that of the New York mogul who was told by doctors that his condition was irretrievably fatal and that the only thing he could do was try and enjoy the little time which remained to him. He was informed that he could extend the time remaining to a limited degree by being careful of what he ate and seeing that he did not tax himself. With those thoughts in mind, the mogul boarded a boat for presumably his final journey abroad. After the ship got out to sea and the New Yorker had nothing but time to think, surrounded by blue water on all sides, he decided to throw caution to the winds and enjoy what time remained to him. He began to eat what he wanted, disdaining medical advice, as well as jettisoning cautionary warnings about overtaxing himself. The next thing he knew he had infused himself with such joy of living that he began gaining weight, strength, and stamina, not to mention enjoying himself thoroughly. By the time he reached Europe he was a new man and the presumably fatal illness was no more than a bad dream in his memory bank. Carnegie recalls a delightful Thanksgiving dinner he had with Jack Dempsey in a New York restaurant. Dempsey explained how, initially, after having lost his heavyweight championship to Gene Tunney, he decided to concentrate, instead of feeling depressed, on accomplishing good and enjoying himself at the same time. Dempsey told Carnegie that in looking back he was actually a happier man in the years following what could have been a bitter disappointment, after losing his title, than in his glory days when he reigned as world heavyweight championship. His determined mental attitude paved the way. Carnegie also relates how he conquered adversity to become famous. A shy youngster growing up in rural Missouri, he was overcome by self-doubt after moving to New York City. He decided to conquer his shyness by becoming an adept public speaker. Since the challenge was so difficult he concentrated intensely and spent much time and effort learning about the proper elements of speaking. He also concentrated on the realm of overall self-improvement, as well as focusing on the subject of acquisition of confidence. He became so adept that he became the world's foremost authority on the subject of achieving success through developing confidence. Carnegie's common sense approach is as timely now as when he developed it.
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Summary: The most valuable book I've ever read, without a doubt.
Review: If you think that happiness is one of the most important things in life, if you can get over the book's dated title, and if you are willing to read this book and then reread it (or just listen to the tapes) a few more times, THEN -no kidding- it can actually help you change your life for the better. This book provides essential information that you really need to be aware of every day of your life if you hope to be happy. I cannot say that about any other book (or person or anything else) I've ever come across in my life. Risk a few dollars to try the book out. If what I say is true, you'll look back on the expenditure of that money as a fantastic investment. If not, you've lost a small amount of dough on what looked like a good risk. Personally, I wish I'd come across this book fifteen years ago. Good luck.
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