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One of the best books ever written about how to live life is “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. Who would have ever thought that such easy, common sense principles would have made up such a popular book? It’s interesting how such tact has never really been taught to us… and yet with over 15 million copies sold, people are obviously hungry for this information.
Wouldn’t you think that this type of knowledge should be the basis of education? Sure, we’re all (well, most of us) are taught to treat our fellow humans charitably, but no one ever teaches us HOW! That’s the most important part and we’ve all missed out! So many people have a gaping lack of finesse on how to interact with each other. Could you imagine what the world would be like if every child was taught these principles in school? How awesome would that be!?! What levels of success they could achieve!
Now, everyone knows that network marketing is really all about attracting people to you. Make sure you invest the time to improve yourself. Seriously, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” is so easy to read, you won’t ever know that you’re working on yourself! When you read this book you can’t help but think, “duh, why didn’t I ever think of that?”. The light bulb goes on time and time again. This isn’t rocket science, just more of an eye and mind opener.
Here’s a rundown of Mr. Carnegie’s “Six ways to make people like you”:
- #1 Become genuinely interested in people.
- #2 SMILE!
- #3 Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
- #4 Be a good listener.
- #5 Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
- #6 Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.
This book also includes “The Twelve Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking” and “Be a Leader: The Nine Ways to Change People Without Arousing Resentment”. If you’ve ever wondered what it is about a certain person that gives them that “edge” with people – what is it that makes them a “people person”? Dale Carnegie will answer those questions and more and let you into the secrets of dealing with human relations. I could go on and on about the fabulous qualities of this book and why I love it so much, but you really need to read it for yourself! Take the time to imprint these techniques into your life and be prepared to reap the benefits. Enjoy!
To Your Success,
Eric & Lauren Kalberer
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Comments
Juli Becker – Blogging Entrepreneur
I’ve read this book a couple times! In fact, I have it in my cubicle at work, so I can pick it up any time I have a free moment…Love it. Thanks for sharing! Can’t wait to do this Network Marketing full time. When I do, I know that the valuable lessons taught in this fine book will have a positive impact on the way I ‘attract’ people to me. =)
Michael Thompson
This is such a fantastic post! I’ve always struggled with understanding how to connect with people in a meaningful way, and this book sounds like the perfect solution. Thanks for the recommendation!
Amanda Wright
I’m skeptical about how much a book like this can change a person’s life. Do you have any real-world examples of how these techniques have worked for you?
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Brian Clarke
How do you apply these principles in a professional setting? I’m curious if they work the same way in a business environment compared to personal relationships. Any thoughts?
Samantha Jones
While I appreciate the message of the post, I find that some of the advice seems outdated. In today’s fast-paced world, do these principles still hold the same value?
Jessica Adams
I enjoyed reading this! It’s been a while since we last caught up. How have you been? We should grab coffee sometime soon.
David Chen
This post hit home for me. I’ve been in a situation where I needed to improve my communication skills at work, and these principles are a game-changer. I’ve already seen a positive shift in how my colleagues respond to me.
Karen Smith
There’s a tool I’ve been using that complements what you’re talking about—an online course on emotional intelligence. It’s helped me build better relationships at work. Have you tried it?
Lucas Brown
Thanks for sharing this! I’ve learned so much from reading Dale Carnegie’s book. I’m looking forward to implementing these principles in my personal and professional life.
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Half of Carnegie’s six rules describe how I already have to live in a town of four thousand people. Remember the name, be genuinely interested, talk about their actual life. I don’t get a choice, everyone I could ever prospect already knows my whole family. The part of the book that would actually help me is the half about winning people to your way of thinking when they already half-know you, which is a much harder trick than being nice to a stranger.
Lonnie, any actual measure of how much remembering a name moves real conversion versus just making the moment nicer? Those aren’t the same claim.
Yuki, fair question, but I’m not sure it needs an answer. Being decent to people you’re trying to sell to isn’t a growth hack that needs a conversion study to justify it. Fine if it also happens to work.
There’s something almost unfair about how well ‘remember someone’s name’ works, I noticed this running a bike shop years ago, a customer’s face would just change the second time I used theirs. Didn’t cost me anything, took no training, and yet half the sales advice I’ve ever read buries it under a pile of much fancier-sounding techniques. Sometimes the oldest trick in the book is the oldest trick in the book because it’s just true.
From the company side, I’ll say this carefully: reps who genuinely used the interest-in-others principle from books like this outperformed reps who treated it as a script, every time I saw it measured internally. The difference showed up in retention of the customer relationship, not in the first sale. That’s about as far as I can speak to it without overclaiming.
Declan, I did the name thing deliberately for six years running a team, wrote first names on index cards after every single meeting because mine wasn’t naturally good at remembering them. It worked exactly as well as this post claims, and I want to be fair to that even though I’m well out of the industry now and have no reason left to talk it up. What I’d add, since the book gets treated like a magic key sometimes, is that it only worked because the interest was genuine by the third or fourth meeting, not because I was performing interest off an index card. People can tell the difference eventually, even if it takes them a while, and the technique without the underlying interest just becomes a slightly better disguised version of not caring.
The bit about remembering someone’s name being the sweetest sound to them is simple, and it’s true. Good pick to highlight.