A review by punchofwishes
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

A fair amount of this was very interesting! I really enjoyed the focus on empathy and kindness, as well as the structure of the book. You can see that this is meant as a workbook as well as entertainment. The writing was decent, a bit repetitive and obviously old-fashioned/outdated in many respects. The target audience is very different from who I am, and the heavy business focus definitely doesn't work for everyone. It's a solid read but not the uncritical holy grail of self-improvement like some people portray.