HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE Part 1
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9 Suggestions to Get the Most Out of This Book
Develop a deep, driving desire to master the principles of human relations
Read each chapter twice before going on to the next one
As you read, stop frequently to ask yourself how you can apply each suggestion
Underscore each important idea
Review this book each month
Apply these principles at every opportunity. Use this volume as a working handbook to help you solve your daily problems
Make a lively game out of your learning by offering some friend a dime or a dollar every time he or she catches you violating these principles
Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future
Keep notes in the back of this book showing how and when you have applied these principles
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FUNDAMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN HANDLING
PEOPLE
Part 1
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If you Want to Gather Honey, Don’t Kick Over the Beehive Principle 1
Defensive
Criticism Hurts their pride Resentment
Feedback?
Reinforcement
Environmental Considerations
“Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain”
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The Big Secret of Dealing with People Principle 2
The desire to be important
Praise genuinely
“Give honest and sincere appreciation”
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| He Who Can |
| Do This Has |
| the Whole |
| World with |
| Him. He Who |
| Cannot Walks |
| a Lonely Way |
| Principle 3 |
Wants
How to get it
“Arouse in the other person an eager want”
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