The Book Pile

THE ROAST OF: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Mar 8, 2021
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INSIGHT

Manipulative Niceness

  • Carnegie's book teaches using good manners for personal gain.
  • It manipulates decent human behavior principles for profit.
ANECDOTE

Examples of Carnegie's Niceness

  • Carnegie uses examples of niceness like John D. Rockefeller breaking a coal miner strike.
  • He also quotes Calvin Coolidge's sexist remarks to his secretary.
INSIGHT

Not About Friendship

  • The book focuses on gaining clients, not making genuine friends.
  • Carnegie gives examples of using his principles for monetary gain.
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