12 reviews for How to Develop Self-Confidence & Influence People By Public Speaking [Paperback] Dale Carnegie

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Aman Pratap Singh – August 30, 2020

   This book is a companion to Carnegie’s other classic, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”. So some of the anectodes, passages, and principles are shared (such as Carnegie’s fascination with the life of ex-US president Abraham Lincoln). And the reading of both books offers a complementary set of ideas and skills that share the same aim: learning to deal with other people, publicly and privately.Not only is this a comprenhensive guide to developing the art of public speaking (a job it performs as it should: offering an emphasis on practice and practical, specific advice)…but by trying to solve that particular problem so ambitiously, it ends up offering the solutions an endless set of areas of life.This book is, escentially, a discussion of every problem that involves the process of gathering and communicating ideas. “Gathering and communicating ideas”… it is what these days gets mistakingly refered to as “the creative process”. Every form of art and design, from writting, to drawing, to acting, falls into this cathegory of “gathering ideas and then communicating them to an audience”.If you engage in one of these “creative activities”…have you ever gone through an “art block”? that frustrating mental block that inhabilates your action and stops you from generating ideas/putting them on paper? well, thinking of a speech in real-time is a race that makes you jump through the same hurdles. The methods described to make speeches here, effectively deal with those same barriers. By consciously applying those techniques, you could theorically overcome any “art block” that gets in the way.Ever been gotten stuck while learning *something*? preparing a speech requires proper *internalization* of the material, and this book covers tons of methods for internalization and deep understanding that are as applicable to speech-making as they are to learning /any/ theorical material.But at its core, what makes this stand out is its standing, valiant, daring desire to actually, honestly, humbly speak about that (much mentioned, but seldom defined) concept known as “human nature”.The author goes to great leghts to identify what is it that makes people *tick*.What are the principles that rule our lives and that will make us *do* things- like let someone give us a lecture? what makes people INTERESTED in things? if we make the conscious descision to understand those principles, to disect them and review them fearlessly, then those principles will be the applicable to every single area of our lives. Whenever we might need to infleunce people to take action, or to win them to our way of thinking… to make our ideas clear; or simply to entertain…that whole process is described so beautifully and thoughtfully that it is what gives this text its trascendential quality._The one flaw in this text (not nearly as evident in HTWFAIP) is the same present in most other western classics of the 20th century: it is uncomfortably bigoted. There are a considerable ammount of racist passages and anectodes, and the evangelist christianist perspective gets tiring very quickly. Althought these features aren’t prevalent enough to make it un-readable, it does make getting through some reasings slightly more difficult and hinders the overall message sometimes.(I do not know however if newer editions have been edited to take out said problematic material, which is certainely possible. The book I own was a second-hand copy purchased in a book-fair years ago…and it doesn’t even have the year of printing or editorial house!)With all that said…considering how this book offers solutions to many other problems not inherent to public speaking, it should be obligatory reading to almost anybody who deals in any way with the act of communication, at any point in their lives!

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Ratheesh R – May 21, 2021

   A good book to understand the nuisances of public speaking. I would recommend this books for someone who has some command over English. All the examples given on the books from native English public speaker (I skipped some coz of compound English). Language used in the book is little advance which makes you to refer to dictionary very often. Apart from that, an excellent book to improve your public speaking skills and to improve your vocabulary.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Vinay bansal – March 3, 2024

   Good

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Anand – February 13, 2024

   Must Read these book

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   Rated 3 out of 5

   Arvind Khoja – January 17, 2023

   This book is good.Print quality is worst I have ever bought online

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Jyotirmoy – December 11, 2023

   No 1 book about public speaking.Recommended to all.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Payal – April 28, 2023

   Good

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Aditi – November 28, 2023

   Amazing book. Teach us alot.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   sg708 – March 3, 2024

   Book.Great book.

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    Rated 4 out of 5

    Jose Villanueva – November 21, 2019

    Very interesting how these advices are very useful in thus powerpoint and whatsapp age.It was a recomendation from a friend at work, and I really thank for that. By the way: un buen ejercicio para aprender inglés

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    Rated 1 out of 5

    alexandra – August 7, 2020

    BoringBoooring. Quizas me esperaba a algo mas cuando he comprado estos llibros tan apreciados en las reseñas. Un sin fin de pequeñas historias de las cuales tienes que tirar tu conclusiones. No me han gustado.

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    Rated 5 out of 5

    mara – December 18, 2018

    classic dale carnegieIch habe mir erst das eine Buch von Dale Carnegie gekauft und nun ist das das dritte, die Bücher sind super. Eine andere Perspektive zu haben finde ich gut, die Bücher sind leicht und unterhaltsam geschrieben. Gut, die Qualität der Bücher ist nicht die beste, aber ok. Also empfehlenswert!