Book Summary: How to Win Friends and Influence People

About this episode

This episode summarizes Dale Carnegie's classic book on people skills and its enduring relevance.

Dale Carnegie's classic book about people skills still resonates today, even though it was published 90 years ago! It's a book we come to again and again. Learn more about Carnegie leadership courses here, and if you aren't one of the 30 million people who already own How to Win Friends and Influence People, you can buy the updated edition here. Send us Fan Mail We sure would love to hear from you! If you've found value in this podcast, please take a moment to leave a review, subs...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. John Ingram Walker, MD

Topics covered

• people skills
• leadership
• self-improvement
• communication
• influence

Keywords

• Dale Carnegie
• people skills
• influence
• leadership
• self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carnegie leadership courses

Books & works: How to Win Friends and Influence People

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