“Give honest and sincere appreciation.”Įveryone wants to feel needed and important. Even if they change their mind, it will not be a lasting change.
Criticizing and condemning makes it harder for someone to admit they are wrong because they feel the desire to justify their actions or thoughts. It just makes people defensive and breeds resentment. Think of How to Win Friends and Influence People, as oil for the gears of society.
Read the whole book to get the most benefit from Carnegie’s lessons, and bookmark this page for a quick reference. This is an overview of the key takeaways from How to Win Friends and Influence People. You could recognize one of these tactics being used on you, and still feel no ill will towards the person employing it. In 1936 Dale Carnegie wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People after intense study of effective leadership, the psychology behind why people like each other, and how to approach tough situations without giving offense.įar from being sneaky ways to get what you want, or sleazy selling tactics, the ways Carnegie describes how to properly interact with others would make the world a better place if universally adopted. Turns out, actually being a genuinely good person is the easiest way to have influence over others, and get them to like you–weird, I know.
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