Useless and Beautiful. Bullet Journal: The Analog system for the digital age – The analog system for the digital age. Carnegie's classic may be a good example of… 'Self-Help Messiah,' By Steven Watts. "Make the other person feel important. " "Let the other fellow feel that the idea is his. " "Make people like you. " Those are some of the peppy commands that have sent generations of Americans out into the world, determined to win friends and influence people — oh, and make big bucks. Dale Carnegie's book How to Win Friends and Influence People came out in November 1936 and has gone on to sell more than 30 million copies worldwide — making it one of the best-selling nonfiction books in American history. Despite taking knocks from the likes of Arthur Miller, who mocked its upbeat worldview in Death Of A Salesman, and Lenny Bruce, who titled his 1965 autobiography How To Talk Dirty And Influence People, Carnegie's blockbuster is still in print and still sells in the six figures yearly.
Carnegie is the subject of a new biography by Steven Watts, who has chronicled the lives of other American cultural dynamos like Henry Ford, Walt Disney and Hugh Hefner. Write in Space. People by Thomas Hemmingsen on Prezi. Using ZUI(Zooming User Interface)