Art of making friends

How to make friends and influence people

If you are a beginner in self-help books then, this book written by Mr. Dale Carnegie is the best to start with. I bought this book from Amazon. At first, I thought it was worth buying because it was only ₹ 69 and the delivery charge was ₹ 40. After reading it I came to the conclusion that "This is a peach if not anything above it". This book is all about experiences of real people and given that it was written in 1936 you can still relate to the experiences which happen to us in our day to day life of making friends. I also was so into this book that I made a research about the author and was so impressed with him that I have started to follow him as my role model. I also found about the Dale Carnegie training centers and really wanted to work or at least join it but unfortunately have don't have any center on the 100 KM radius. I really envy the guys who have that sort of trading center near them. 

Now coming to the point the author mentions the following characteristics to make more friends,

• Don't Criticize, Condemn or Complain.

• Give honest and sincere appreciation.

• Arouse in the other person an eager want.

• Become genuinely interested in the other people.

• Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

• Smile

• Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

• Talk on terms of the other person's interests.

• Make the other person feel important- and do it sincerely.

• The only way to get 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.

• Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.

• Begin in a friendly way.

• Get the other person saying 'yes, yes' immediately.

• Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

• Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.

• Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.

• Appeal top the nobler motives.

• Dramatise your ideas.

• Throw down a challenge.

• Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

• Praise the slightest improvement and praise every important. Be 'heartily in your approbation and lavish in your praise'.

• Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.

• Talk about your own mistakes before criticising the other person.

• Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.

• Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.

• Let the other person save face.

• Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.

• Give there other person a fine reputation to live up to.

If you need more information about making friends then please read this book. I tell you, you wouldn't regret it.


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