Inspiring

Great update to a must read classic. While the mediums may be different the principles still apply and this book does an excellent job of bridging the two. ( )

Carnegie says you can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person an eager want." You earn how to make people like you, win people over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offense or arousing resentment.

This was dreadful. Originally published in 1936, How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie remains one of the most popular self help books in print and one of the best-selling books of all time. Despite being decades old when I got around to reading it many moons ago, the core principles were still relevant and I continue to be mindful of these lessons years later.

When I saw that Dale Carnegie & Associates published an audiobook with an update for the digital age in How to Win Friends & Influence People in the Digital Age, I thought it might be worth a listen. Perhaps with the advent of social media and online presences, there'd be a lot of new ground to cover, despite being released more than 10 years ago.

Unfortunately not. This was a disappointing listen with nothing earth shatteringly new or even mildly interesting to add to the Carnegie repertoire of human connection. I just retrieved my foxed and yellowed copy of How to Win Friends & Influence People from my bookshelf to compare chapter headings and what do you know, they're very similar. In this audiobook, Part Three, Chapter 2 is called 'Never Say, You're Wrong'. In the original, Part Three, Chapter 3 is 'If You're Wrong, Admit it'. Hmmm.

With the success of the original I guess it's logical for opportunists to want to cash in on the enterprise but I really wish they wouldn't. Even if I'd read this on the day it was released in 2011 I wouldn't have been impressed. Reading it 11 years after publication left me feeling irritated by how the digital references are noticeably dated. How to Win Friends & Influence People in the Digital Age is a book that has dated very quickly without adding much of consequence to the original, so I couldn't recommend this as having any value for readers today.

Read the original and move on. ( )

En los tiempos actuales de alta competitividad, el valor estratégico de las relaciones humanas es cada vez más importante. Este libro, uno de los más vendidos en las últimas décadas, es la auténtica revolución que le ayudará a potenciar el lado humano de la vida. Desde su publicación original en inglés, este libro ha mantenido toda su vigencia, y le facilitará el logro de la más alta excelencia tanto profesional como personal.

I read Dale Carnegie when I was in my teens. His books are life changing and give you a fresh perspective on life. ( )