A review by himedays
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Prior to reading this book my initial impressions were that since it was based in the 1930s that it would be more difficult to read due to 1) Context taking place in the early 20th century and 2) The writing style being hard to comprehend akin to how 18th being harder to comprehend. That feeling immediately went away the moment I had started reading and I was amazed to quickly finish it in 9 days. Dale Carnegie's writing style was so easygoing and easily fits in thematically with what he was trying to portray throughout the whole book, with one of the points standing out to me as "trying to understand the other person's perspective." It felt like he was talking directly to the reader in a conversational style along with verbally illustrating out each point by plenty of examples. The only downside I can possibly note would be that if you did not come from the US, it might be hard to understand the examples given, as most of them details political figures, companies, etc. from there, though there are some quotes based off of non-US figures like Napoleon, Socrates, etc. Overall, if you are one who can easily get into disagreements, having trouble communicating clearly, want to be liked, etc. then I would definitely recommend this book!