How to win friends and influence people

Paperback, 291 pages

English language

Published Sept. 2, 1982 by Pocket.

ISBN:
978-0-671-46311-3
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OCLC Number:
70610951

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2 stars (2 reviews)

Humans are relational beings. This is the best self-improvement book to know how to create meaningful and fruitful relationships.

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Summary ##

The prototype self help book / click bait article.

Ways to manipulate people and win your way: handle them, make them like you, win them to your way of thinking, and change them.

## Why I picked it up ##

It's a classic. It's so classic it's a meme. It's been on my to-read list probably since before I was born.

## Who recommended it to me ##

Society.

## Who I'd recommend it to ##

The historically curious.

## What I liked ##

I liked the very first part, because it was about ways to conduct yourself: don't complain, don't criticize, recognize the good in people, appreciate their point of view.

## What I didn't like ##

Each subsequent chapter and part after that grew more and more to be about ways to manipulate others, and consequently less and less enjoyable to read about. I think there …

Subjects

  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Non-Classifiable
  • Psychology