Produktinformation

• Amazon-Verkaufsrang: #739 in Bücher
• Veröffentlicht am: 1990-03-01
• Originalsprache: Englisch
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• 224 Seiten

Autorenportrait
Treffend wurde sein Wirken in einem Artikel charakterisiert, der nach seinem Tod in einer Washingtoner Zeitung erschien: "Carnegie wußte, was er tat, und er tat es mit erstaunlichem Erfolg. In seinen Büchern und Kursen hilft er Menschen, Hemmungen abzubauen und - wie es einer seiner Besteller ausdrückt - Freunde zu gewinnen. Millionen sind von seiner Philosophie des gesunden Menschenverstandes beeinflußt worden, die sich als wertvolle Hilfe zu Glück und Erfolg erweist.
Dale Carnegie löst keines der großen Rätsel des Universums. Aber vielleicht mehr als jeder andere hat er den Menschen gezeigt, wie sie miteinander auskommen können. Und was gibt es Wichtigeres!"

Kundenrezensionen

The Most Helpful Book in Public Speaking
Before I joined Toastmaster International about year ago, I always wanted to speak better in public. Now I am a member of Toastmasters Club, I find this book very helpful whenever I give speeches at our meetings.

The nice thing about this book is that it is full of practical and proven techniques and fundermentals of communicantion and speaking. No elaborate theories, just plain simple but extremely effective ways of preparing talks, short or long, what audience likes to hear about, how to give attention getting openings and closings in your speeches among others.

All these ideas I put them to work right away in every speech. How many times can you read something and use it on the same day?

I strongly recommend this book to everyone not just for public speaking, but for daily interaction between people, jobs and social occasions.

He gets to the root of the matter.
I've been a member of Toastmasters Clubs and been trained in all the "fundamentals of speaking" but I'll tell you something: Carnegie's three fundamental principles are all you need. He's the only speaking teacher I've ever read who points out that all the superficial effects, like your voice quality and your gestures and whether you say UM or not, these aren't important. What really matters is that you're speaking about something you really believe and really want to say to this group, and something that you REALLY know, either from experience or intense study.

If you only speak on those topics, all the superficial stuff works out. You communicate. And you'll feel comfortable doing it. Carnegie's three fundamentals are the most important you'll ever encounter on speaking.

I'm the author of the book, Self-Help Stuff That Works, and I'm an expert on the subject, and I'm telling you if you want to help yourself to better speaking skills, study and practice the principles in this book and forget the superficials.

A classic on speaking well in public
I read this book back in 1972 and it had been around for many years then. It is simply the finest single book I've read on public speaking, and for several years I made my living on the platform. I've suggested it to many people over the years and have never heard anything but compliments.

Someone wrote a negative and mean spirited review of this book, even suggesting it was written by someone else after Mr. Carnegie passed away. What garbage. To give himself creditability he indicated he was a college professor. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't but I also teach at a university and I felt compelled to write this.

Despite what this person says, Dale Carnegie's book on speaking has been in print for many years and sold copies in the millions. This is what I'd call surviving the test of time. The public, by deciding where to spend their money really determines the worth of this book.

If anyone is serious about learning to speak in public, I can't think of a better book to suggest.