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How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie. How to Win Friends and Influence People, Revised Edition (Pocket Books: New York, 1981)

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Don't criticize condemn or complain.If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
Give honest and sincere appreciation.Big Secret of Dealing with People
Arouse in the other person an eager want.He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.
Become genuinely interested in other people.Do this and you'll be welcome anywhere.
Smile.A simple way to make a good first impression.
Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.If you don't do this, you are headed for trouble.
Be a good listener.An easy way to become a good conversationalist.
Talk in terms of the other person's interest.How to interest people
Make the other person fell important and do it sincerely.How to make people like you instantly.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.You can't win an argument
Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."A sure way of making enemies and how to avoid it.
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.If you're wrong, admit it.
Begin in a friendly way.A Drop of Honey
Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediatelyThe Secret of Socrates
Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.The safety valve in handling complaints
Let the other person feel that the idea is his.How to Get Cooperation
Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.A Formula That Will Work Wonders for YOu
Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.What Everybody Wants
Appeal to the nobler motives.An appeal that everybody likes
Dramatize your ideas.The movies do it. TV does it. Why don't you do it?
Throw down a challenge.When nothing else works, try this.
Begin with praise and honest appreciation.If you must find fault, this is the way to begin.
Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.How to criticize and not be hated for it.
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.Talk about your own mistakes first
Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.No one likes to take orders
A real leader will always ...Let the other person save face
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.How to spur people on to success
Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.Give a dog a good name
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.Make the fault seem easy to Correct
Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.Making People Glad to Do What You Want


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