How to win friends and influence people : updated for the next generation of leaders / Dale Carnegie ; [preface by Donna Dale Carnegie].

Includes index.

"The only book you need to lead you to success."--cover.

Preface / by Donna Dale Carnegie -- How this book was written--and why / by Dale Carnegie -- Nine suggestions on how to get the most out of this book -- Part one. Fundamental techniques in handling people -- Part two. Six ways to make people like you -- Part three. How to win people to your way of thinking -- Part four. Be a leader: how to change people without giving offense or arousing resentment -- Appendix: A shortcut to distinction / by Lowell Thomas.

This new edition of the most influential self-help book of the last century has been updated under the care of Dale's daughter, Donna, introducing changes that keep the book fresh for today's readers, with priceless material restored from the original 1936 text.

One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Carnegie's advice has remained relevant for generations because he addressed timeless questions on communicating and navigating professional and social situations. Why revise a classic? This new edition eliminates references to people or events that readers today would not recognize, weeded out extraneous materials, and emphasizes human relations skills even more necessary in our era of political strife and social upheaval. -- adapted from Preface.