HOW TO WIN FRIENDS- ok

How to Win Friends and Influence People
This is Dale Carnegie’s summary of his book, from 1936

Table of Contents

Part One
Fundamental Techniques in Handling People

  1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.
  2. Give honest and sincere appreciation.
  3. Arouse in the other person an eager want.

Part Two
Six ways to make people like you

  1. Become genuinely interested in other people.
  2. Smile.
  3. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
  4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
  5. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
  6. Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.

Part Three
Win people to your way of thinking

  1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
  2. Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, "You’re wrong."
  3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
  4. Begin in a friendly way.
  5. Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
  6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
  7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
  8. Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.
  9. Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires.
  10. Appeal to the nobler motives.
  11. Dramatize your ideas.
  12. Throw down a challenge.

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December 8, 2006

That sounds like an intersting book.

December 8, 2006

I remember reading this book when my ex-husband and I were in a marketing direct-sales organization. I thought it was a valuable tool for getting others to open up and discuss themselves, and you meet so many different people that way.

December 8, 2006

I’ve heard of that book but never read it. Those are all ideas that work!! hugs, Weesprite