“How To Win Friends And Influence People” Summary of The Book:
How to Win Friends and Influence People was first published in 1937 in an edition of only 5000 copies. To the amazement of the author, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the ever increasing public demand. How to Win Friends and Influence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international bestsellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as evidenced by its continued and uninterrupted sales into the modern age. It is as alive and potent in 2016 as it was the day it was written.
Dale Carnegie used to say that it was easier to make a million dollars than to put a phrase into the English language. How to Win Friends and Influence People became such a phrase, quoted, paraphrased, parodied, used in innumerable contexts from political cartoon to novels. The book itself has been translated into almost every known written language.