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RE: How to Win Friends (and Followers) with Meaningful Comments
That's quite a long post ^^
I don't like Carnegie much, for me he is too much of a manipulator (he was a salesman after all), but you can still find some useful advice - or just use the books knowledge as defense.
Well, I do teach that all communication is manipulation, but manipulation isn’t always bad. But I totally agree, he at times is a smarmy salesman and at times I think he goes over the top. I like to tell my students that ultimately they get to use their comm skills for good or bad, and I can’t control that, but I always try to get them to see that helping others is the best way to help yourself.