How to win friends and influence people / Dale Carnegie.
Carnegie's classic bestseller--an inspirational personal-development guide that shows how to achieve lifelong success--is now in a newly packaged edition, the first hardcover release of this classic since 1981.
Record details
- ISBN: 1439167346
- ISBN: 067142517X
- ISBN: 9781439167342
- Physical Description: xxviii, 291 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. Originally published in 1936 ; revised edition in 1981. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface / Dorothy Carnegie -- How this book was written, and why / Dale Carnegie -- Nine suggestions on how to get the most out of this book -- pt. I. Fundamental techniques in handling people ; "If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive" ; The big secret of dealing with people ; "He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way" -- pt. II. Six ways to make people like you ; Do this and you'll be welcome anywhere ; A simple way to make a good first impression ; If you don't do this, you are headed for trouble ; An easy way to become a good conversationalist ; How to interest people ; How to make people like you instantly -- pt. III. How to win people to your way of thinking ; You can't win an argument ; A sure way of making enemies, and how to avoid it ; If you're wrong, admit it ; A drop of honey ; The secret of Socrates ; The safety valve in handling complaints ; How to get cooperation ; A formula that will work wonders for you ; What everybody wants ; An appeal that everybody likes ; The movies do it. TV does it. Why don't you do it? ; When nothing else works, try this -- pt. IV. Be a leader: how to change people without giving offense or arousing resentment ; If you must find fault, this is the way to begin ; How to criticize, and not be hated for it ; Talk about your own mistakes first ; No one likes to take orders ; Let the other person save face ; How to spur people on to success ; Give a dog a good name ; Make the fault seem easy to correct ; Making people glad to do what you want -- A shortcut to distinction / Lowell Thomas. |
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Subject: | Success. Persuasion (Psychology) Leadership. Business communication. |
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- 0 of 2 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.
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- 1 current hold with 2 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Carbondale Public Library | 158.1 CARNEGI (Text) | 50688010773415 | Adult Nonfiction | On Holds Shelf | - | ||
Valley Community Library | 158.1 CARNEGI (Text) | 50690010991617 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked Out | 04/02/2024 |