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- Hasan KubbaInterview
The book I’ve recommended most to others is How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
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How to Win Friends and Influence People is a book that has helped countless people improve their communication skills. Dale Carnegie’s timeless advice is just as relevant today as it was when the book was first published in 1937. The book covers a wide range of topics, including how to make a good first impression…
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How To Win Friends and Influence People is a book that was published in 1936 by Dale Carnegie. The book has sold over 15 million copies and has been translated into 37 languages. The book is divided into four parts: Fundamental Techniques in Handling People, Six Ways to Make People Like You, How to Win People to Your…
- B.J. MendelsonInterview
I always liked How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. It’s badly dated, but that’s part of the charm. Like it’s an artifact from the world before World War 2, and yet it’s still probably the best self-help book ever published.
- Simon DrewInterview
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. My brother gave me this book when I was young, and I didn’t read it until later in my life, but if more people understood the principles in this book the world would be a much better place. Positive human communication and interaction is a skill that you can…
- Jordan MechnerInterview
At 25, A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander et al. To say it’s about architecture, home/office design, and urban planning doesn’t begin to do justice to its wisdom and insight into the ways our environment affects us. At age 16, I’d give myself How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. I refused…
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This book had the single biggest impact on my life because it got me thinking very, very differently. Carnegie opened my mind up to new ambitions, and ways to get on in business and in life. I became captivated and engrossed with personal development, and continue to immerse myself in it. Regardless of which business…
- Chelsea DinsmoreInterview
I might have to say the first real personal development book I read which was How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, it set me on a path to being interested in people which in the end made me choose a career path focused on being in person with people rather than spending time behind a computer. I…
- Jason PaulInterview
Oh man, if there is one book I wish I would’ve read earlier it is How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. It would’ve saved me so much awkwardness and I really think it’s the best manual anybody could have to life.
- Paul McGeeInterview
The book that has had the biggest impact on my career is How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. I started my business working for the Dale Carnegie organisation. It was one of the most intense personal development experiences of my life and Carnegie’s book was a key part of that.
- Laura VanderkamInterview
If you’re in the self-help writing business, I think reading classics in the genre is smart. I think The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey is the most influential, so that’s a good place to begin. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie launched much of the self-help style we…
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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – again, old school but still applies
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- Jeff WheelerInterview
Not only would I give it to myself, but I’d give it to everyone graduating from college right now: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. I’ve read it multiple times, think about it often, and mourn that the young people today have never learned how to talk to real people for extended periods of…
- Martin NorburyInterview
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie as it got me thinking differently and interested in personal development.
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The Dale Carnegie Classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936. Over 30 million books sold worldwide. First principles still apply in the world of social media.
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