TOW #13 "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie (IRB Post)

“How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie is truly an inspiring book.  With his ideas, Carnegie is able to clearly communicate to a person how to basically take over the world.  You may think that I’m exaggerating, but I’m not.  With his tips towards his audience of a general demographic, he influences them to be practically perfect citizens.  He tells them how that they need to smile, listen to others, and do a lot of other polite things to make others like them.  People who were around the readers of this book after it was read would be unable to resist said readers.  Anyway, since I have always had a diabolical mind, I thought that reading this self-help book by Carnegie would help me fulfill my dreams of taking over the world.  We’ll see how it works out.  Now, as can be seen, I have mentioned tips a few times already.  The reason for that is because they relate to the purpose of the book.  The purpose of the book is to teach and/or guide people how to act in order for them to win friends and influence others.  Carnegie is able to accomplish his purpose by the structure of the book.  The structure of the book is fairly simple because it’s very direct.  He clearly labels each section so that the reader knows exactly what to expect at each part of the book.  It’s sort of like a glossary.  Anyway, in each chapter, there are multiple tips in a numbered list.  The tips can range from a simple word to a whole sentence or two.  However, overall the tips and chapters have a rather parallel structure.  The parallel structure and simplicity of the book make it a very easy read.  Overall, even though the self-help book is under 300 pages, it leaves a remarkable impression and accomplishes its purpose of teaching people how to be successful.

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