Dale Carnegie, Stephen Covey, Howard Greene...

[MC_Kejml]

Hey sup.

 

 

 

I've been reading Dale Carnegie for some time, for all you guys who don't know who he was, lemme put you some wiki text here.

 

 

 

Dale Breckenridge Carnegie (originally Carnagey until 1922 and possibly somewhat later) (November 24, 1888 November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936, a massive bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln, titled Lincoln the Unknown, as well as several other books.

 

 

 

Carnegie was an early proponent of what is now called responsibility assumption, although this only appears minutely in his written work. One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other people's behavior by changing one's reaction to them.

 

 

 

He wrote several famous books, such as How to win friends and influence people, and How to stop worrying and start living.

 

 

 

Stephen Covey and Howard Greene are writers who made books about the similar subject.

 

 

 

So I've been wondering whether you people at OT acknowledge these writers and what do you think about them. From what I learned from How to win... blah blah, I think it's a pretty useful book, although some of you may condemn these books for reasons unknown. Maybe because they could TRICK AND MANIPULATE PEOPLE /scared.

 

A man using this knowledge could be a good talker and persuader, true, but I don't sympathetize with this idea a lot and as I've said before, I am here for your opinions!

 

 

 

So, what do you think?

[muggiwhplar]

I've read Dale Carnegie's two main books many times and Covey's too - they're good books, I'd recommend them to everyone since they make tons of things in life easier.

 

 

 

Never read the Howard Greene one - isn't that the "power" book or something? I didn't want to read that one cuz it seemed disingenuous/manipulative. Can't really call DC manipulative or disingenuous since one of his principles is to take a genuine interest in people.

[l0rd]

Never heard of him, but I love manipulating people. I'll check it out, thanks OP.

[dragoonson]

Never heard of any of them,but I can put my FNORD finding skills to the test in these books,I'd bet.

 

 

 

Cookie to whoever names the series,at least,that FNORD comes from.

 

 

 

Cookie to whoever tells me a way I can find a FNORD in KoL.

[l0rd]

Never heard of any of them,but I can put my FNORD finding skills to the test in these books,I'd bet.

 

 

 

Cookie to whoever names the series,at least,that FNORD comes from.

 

 

 

Cookie to whoever tells me a way I can find a FNORD in KoL.

 

 

 

The Illuminatus! trilogy. and it didn't came from it, but was made popular by it. (interweb ftw)

 

 

 

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