Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Book: How to Win Friends...

So pretty much everyone has either read How to Win Friends and Influence People or knows someone who has. There are a plethora of reviews and synopsis floating around the internet so I won't bore you with an in-depth review. I just wanted to write a short post to say that I found the book helpful, despite being written 70 years ago. Some of the stuff you'll already know and a lot of it seems like common sense but the way it's all laid out in the book helps "tweak" the way you interact with people. I can't say it's changed my life in any drastic way, but it has helped me approach situations in a more successful manner at work. I'd recommend it to anyone who a) finds themselves frustrated by the actions of others, b) routinely butts heads with people who have a difference of opinion or c) wants to learn how to convince people your ideas are the best. It's basically about manipulation without malice... who doesn't want to learn about that?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said at 6/18/2008 8:47 PM 
Thanks for the post. I just bought it.

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