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Carnegie 30.4.9: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 9 Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest. – Making People Glad to Do What You Want

Carnegie 30.4.9: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 9 Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest. – Making People Glad to Do What You Want Pages 277 – 282 This is our final … Continue reading →

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Carnegie’s Six Ways to Make People Like You from Part 2 of How to Win Friends and Influence People

Part Two: Six Ways to Make People Like You 04.2.1 Do This and You’ll be Welcome Anywhere, Pages 77 – 90 PRINCIPLE 1 Become genuinely interested in other people. “I love my audience. I love my audience.” Pg. 80 05.2.2 A … Continue reading →

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Carnegie 29.4.8: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 8 Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.

Carnegie 29.4.8: How to Win Friends and Influence People -PRINCIPLE 8 Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct. – Make the Fault Seem Easy to Correct Pages 272 – 276 Earlier on Page 110 we learned that Dale … Continue reading →

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Carnegie 28.4.7: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 7 Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.- Give a Dog a Good Name

Carnegie 28.4.7: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 7 Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.- Give a Dog a Good Name Pages 267 – 271 Carnegie’s chapter title refers to an ‘old saying’ … Continue reading →

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Carnegie 27.4.6: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 6 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

Carnegie 27.4.6: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 6 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 Pages 261 … Continue reading →

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Carnegie 26.4.5: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 5 Let the other person save face

Carnegie 26.4.5: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 5 Let the other person save face.- Let the Other Person Save Face. Pages 257 – 259 Carnegie borrows directly from Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” in Chapter … Continue reading →

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Carnegie 25.4.4: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 4 Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.- No One Likes to Take Orders

Carnegie 25.4.4: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 4 Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. “No One Likes to Take Orders” Pages 254 – 256 When a decision is required and urgency rules the day – … Continue reading →

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Carnegie 24.4.3: How to Win Friends and Influence People – Talk About Your Own Mistakes First – PRINCIPLE 3 Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person

Carnegie 24.4.3: How to Win Friends and Influence People Talk About Your Own Mistakes First – PRINCIPLE 3 Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Pages 249 – 253. Carnegie builds again off of earlier points – he … Continue reading →

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Carnegie 23.4.2: How to Win Friends and Influence People – How to Criticize—and Not Be Hated for It – PRINCIPLE 2 Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly.

Pages 244 – 248 Carnegie has already covered mistakes very thoroughly earlier – “If you’re wrong, admit it.” Now he’s giving guidance on how to correct someone else’s mistakes – and he’s saying to be indirect. Since 2015 the phrase … Continue reading →

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Carnegie 22.4.1: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 1 Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment. If You Must Find Fault, This Is the Way to Begin. Pages 237 – 242. Section 4 really pivots towards use cases of all the earlier rules that … Continue reading →

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