Making friends and influencing people
Making friends and influencing people book
How to win friends and influence people principles!
How To Win Friends and Influence People Principles
The principles are divided into four major parts in How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Now, let’s discuss the principles one by one.
Principle 1: Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain
This principle tells us that criticism is futile because it puts the person you are criticizing on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify themself.
Criticism is dangerous because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.
Principle 2.Making friends and influencing people
Give honest and sincere appreciation
Since it’s not always possible to use force, authority, or blackmail to get people to do something, we need to give people what they want. Most of our needs like food, sleep, clothing, money, housing, sex, and good health are met, but we equally desire it, but it is not met.
The thirst for sincere appreciation, recognition to be considered important is what we all desire.&