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How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie



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Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:21 am
Snoink says...



Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Author: Dale Carnegie
Genre: Inspirational/Nonfiction
Rating 10/10

This is a wonderful book. It was first published in 1936 to help people work in business, but it has so many other uses. How do you get along with people? How can you create friends? How can you give advice?

How can you live a better life?

It answers these questions -- and more -- in this absolutely marvellous book. The book is easy and fun to read, in such a jovial tone that you can't help but be infected with the good-spiritedness that this writer spreads. He is upbeat, positive, and offers so many success stories that it is fun to read. But, if it were just that, it wouldn't have gotten the 10/10 rating would it?

No, it's far better than just that. It changes your life (if you allow it) to be so much richer and fuller. How has it helped me?

You can see the effects in my critiques. This book, single-handedly made me realize the power of positive thinking, even while helping people, and how to deal with people. How to tell them they're wrong, without hurting or discouraging. And how to encourage people.

No, this book has helped mold me into the person I am now. It is a great book that everyone should read.

10/10
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.

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Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:14 pm
DarkerSarah says...



My dad LOVED this book. You really are a 40 year old man! Hehe... He wants me to read it, you think I should, eh?
"And I am a writer
writer of fiction
I am the heart that you call home
And I've written pages upon pages
Trying to rid you from my bones...
Let me go if you don't love me" ~The Decembrists "Engine Driver"
  





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Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:19 am
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Definitely! When I give books a 10/10, it means the book has changed me in some way or another. Amazing book. :)
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.

"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach

Moth and Myth <- My comic! :D
  








History repeats itself. First as tragedy, second as farce.
— Karl Marx