Isaac Morris-Perrott's Key Ideas from How to Win Friends and Influence People
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Principles and Lessons
I learned from this book the value of good communication with others and the best way to communicate for maximal success in relationships, happiness, business, and life overall
I practiced these ideas until they became second nature and they have to proved to be very useful in many aspects of my life
I will share the fundamental principles so people can better apply them to their lives
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Handling People
- Don't Criticise, condemn or complain - We learn faster and retain knowledge better when rewarded for good behavior than punished for bad behavior
- Give honest and sincere appreciation - People need to feel appreciated. Sincere appreciation of someone will be remembered long after your interaction with them
- Arouse in the other person an eager want - To influence someone you need to talk about what they want and then show them how they can get it
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Making People Like You
- Become genuinely interested in other people-Interest in others will allow you to make real friends
- Smile-Your smile is a show of light and happiness in the world. Everyone likes someone who smiles
- A person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language - Use (and remember) names!
- Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves - Listening intently, makes you a better conversationalist
- Talk in terms of the other person’s interests-People love talking about themselves
- Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely - Our importance is essential
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Winning People to Your Way of Thinking
- The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it
- Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, “You’re wrong.”
- If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically
- Begin in a friendly way
- Get the other person saying “yes, yes” immediately
- Let the other person do a great deal of the talking
- Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers
- Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view
- Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires
- Appeal to the nobler motives
- Dramatize your ideas
- Throwdown a challenge
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Being a Leader
- Begin with praise and honest appreciation
- Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly
- Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person
- Ask questions instead of giving direct orders
- Let the other person save face
- Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be “hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.”
- Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to
- Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct
- Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest
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Ideas and Notes
- We crave acceptance
- Communicating and connecting with others is a skill that can be trained and improved
- Have humility. Some of these principles may go against your own. To improve, you need to have the humility to look at them objectively and test them for yourself
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"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
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"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane" -Marcus Aurelius
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