In the beginning, I got mixed feelings about it but in the end, I could express myself as: I like the book! I like it because of the generous style of writing that Dale Carnegie has, I like it because I found plenty of examples of successful public speakers ( obviously Lincoln is on top of the list), because of the author which outline step by step each phase of a strong speech, from the improvement of memory, good delivery, how to open a talk, how to end it, how to interest your audience, to improving diction or developing courage. I found it complex and timeless. It takes practice to be natural before an audience. You need to be clear, to picture your points and visualize them. "Even before we speak, we are condemned or approved", is the quote that I liked most because it concluded the idea of imperfection.

This book is a guide for those who want and who needs to deliver speeches before small to huge audience, and develop self confidence to make their idea clear into the minds of their hearers. I started reading this book when I myself is locked up in the house, along with the most of the world because of COVID-19 pandemic, and we are listening to different leaders of the world and what will be their impact on the citizens.

This book depicts different ways, examples of writing a good speech, emphasizes on how it can be delivered, what are the ways to make it more clear and interesting, effects of look and body language of the speaker, environment of the hall where speech is going to be delivered etc. Books is rich with examples of great orators of that time, how they used to make their speech, how they used to practice, how they used to build their vocab and much more.

Quotes from the book that I loved

1. When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has, the greater will be his confusion of thought.

2. The art of war is a science in which nothing succeeds which has not been calculated and thought out.

3. We are visual minded. Eye impressions stick. We can often remember a man's face, even though we cannot recall his name.

4. The nerves that lead from the eye to the brain are 25x large as those leading from the ear to the brain. So the proverb says that: "One time seeing is worth a thousand times hearing."

5. The knowledge that is used tends to stick.

6. Our mind is essentially an associating machine.

7. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.

8. Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keeps faithfully busy each hour of the working day, he may safely leave the final result to itself. He can, with perfect certainty, count on waking up some fine morning to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation, in whatever pursuit he may have singled out.

9. The great aim of education is not knowledge, but Action.

10. Failure is the only highroad to success.

Do I recommend this book?

Yes, I do recommend this book. This book will be helpful to you if you are shy, want to be a great orator, preparing for eloqution competition. Read this book and you will be having scientific idea of developing a meaningful and clear speech and how to deliver it.

Single word for the book is PRACTICE. As long as we practice each and every word we speak, we will struggle to put it in our speaking marathon.

I will discuss how it felt while reading the book rather than reviewing this book because this book is all about feeling and building yourself into a person who gives value to your words and meaning to what you have in mind. Dale Carnegie described in a wonderful way about how to keep our words fresh and the thoughts we convey.

The straight forward solution to develop Self Confidence is diction. Hold of your language that you speak. Words that you speak came from a number of different religion, cultures and languages. Starting, Finishing and Composing speeches are very important not only at the time of public speaking but also at the time when you are having a talk with someone or in attending interviews.

Humorously explained points and in some places, he explained the fact strictly to follow. Dedicating sometime in our life to read books instead of reading Newspapers will definitely increase our value. Sit in a place or grab 20 of the pages in a book and keep it in your pocket, read those pages and once that completes, put it there and take another 20 and so on. Learning every day and reading every day requires will power and those who do it will thrive.

Speaking of speeches, construct them by looking at the audience. Appeal to their interests. While reading the book it feels like you have got a lot of things to change in life to be confident. I enjoyed reading the book. It took me longer than usual to complete but worth the time reading it.

These brilliant insights quotes in this book are working very well for me. Dale Carnegie became direct in convincing readers than in HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE. I have read this book after reading THINK AND GROW RICH. Napoleon Hill and Dale Carnegie feel like an identical person.

Their style of expressing in their books are almost similar. I love both of them.

This book offers several practical lessons to increase our public speaking skills.
I highlighted four steps to develop our public speaking skills: 1) Start with strong persistence and desire; 2) well prepared; 3) act confident; and 4) practice.
Also, there are several ways to start a talk: 1) arouse curiosity; 2) relevant story; 3) question; 4) striking quotation; 5) show a hot topic affects the audience.

This book will show you how to overscome the natural fear of public speaking and even learn to enjoy it. Drawing on dale carnegie s years of experience as a business trainer, this practical book will help you to become a successful speaker. His invaluable advice includes ways to: * develop poise * gain self-confidence * improve your memory * make your meaning clear * begin and end a talk effectively * interest and charm your audience * improve your diction * win an argument without making enemies dale carnegie s methods have helped millions of people worldwide. Make sure you have the advantage, and make them work for you too. --this text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Highly practical book with easy to implement ideas and solutions to not only become an influential speaker but an excellent author as well. It certainly has a lot to teach, if you're into any of those professions mentioned above--trust me, everyone is.

A doua cea mai mare frică a omului, după frica de moarte e frica de a vorbi în public.
Dale Carnegie vorbește foarte frumos în această carte despre cum putem să ne pregătim un discurs și despre aspectele esențiale de care să ținem cont.
Mi-a plăcut că insistă pe naturalețe, spontaneitate și creativitate, trasând în același timp însă și câteva linii ajutătoare importante pentru pregătirea discursului.

Awesome.

Get it.

How to develop self-confidence and influence people is an essential book when attempting to build someone’s mental capabilities. It gives an abundance of practical and valuable tips on the topics it covers such as Influence and self-confidence. It is a known fact that many people but more relevantly college students have troubles with public speaking. Public speaking is something that is to be practiced regardless of who the person is. Some of the best public speakers today have come from time period where they also shared the same struggles of fear and anxiety as the normal person. The most significance tips he gives the reader is to always start with a strong and persistent desire showing compassion for the topic, to always have valid information of the topic being discussed, show confidence and just like any other challenging craft it is to be practiced in order to reach perfection. This is the perfect book for someone who is interested in making lasting life changes in their lives to develop themselves into a leader. The book gives many examples of some of the best-known speakers in history and how they prepared for speeches. Concrete examples are used phenomenally throughout the book to attract the reader’s attention. Public speaking is very important in people’s lives today because at some point a person will need to speak for a group of people whether it’s job related or about something in their field of study, or maybe even major event that needs their assistance. This book will give the tools needed to become an excellent leader in today’s society.

I’ll come right out and say that if you speak publicly in any way you need to grab this 96-year-old classic. Warren Buffet was in the middle of his Masters at Columbia when he spotted an ad in the paper for the Carnegie Public Speaking course. He paid the hundred bucks and to this day calls it the best investment he’s ever made. Pretty big claim from a guy who own $100B of Apple? “I don’t have my diploma from the University of Nebraska hanging on my office wall and I don’t have my diploma from Columbia up there either – but I do have my Dale Carnegie graduation certificate proudly displayed,” he says. It’s easy to see why. Carnegie's thoughts on public speaking are priceless. He wrote his first three books ever on the topic and delivers great messages with folksy charm. On Page 54 Carnegie teaches you how to end with an appeal for action, on Page 76 he teaches you how to write your speech down as a series of pictures to memorize, on Page 90 he explains the importance of writing out a pre-speech ritual, on Page 119 he talks about the benefits of standing versus sitting. I take so many elements from this book when I craft a speech and as live events return with a bang – thank goodness! we’re social apes! – I find myself revisiting this classic to see what I can improve. There's always a lot. Highly recommended.

good influncer

Good but not best. In today's context it is not as good as it is.