There’s not a lot of figurative language in HTWFAIP.Įven though HTWFAIP was written in 1936, it might still have some relevant advice. Maybe I’m being too literal, but How To Win Friends And Influence People is a very literal book. If I’m going to win something, I’d like to know how to win the lottery or maybe learn how to win at blackjack or how to win in court.
To me, friends are something that you either have or don’t have you can’t win them.
If I’m going to read a book about how to win something, it won’t be for friends. When I review a book, I usually start with the title, and How To Win Friends And Influence People is a little misleading. Sometimes I think I’m better off if my opinion is uninformed. Maybe the author and I disagree about what “okay” means. That title rubbed me the wrong way because it implied that everybody was okay and even then I knew a lot of people who weren’t okay. When I was a kid in the 1970s, the big self-help book was called I’m Okay-You’re Okay. Well, I might need help, but if I ever read a self-help book because I actually need help, I’m not going to admit that to anybody. Just so you know, I didn’t decide to read How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie because I needed some self-help. If the cover says it’s “the only book you need to lead you to success,” that’s good enough for me!
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