Dale Carnegie
Bio on Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie died over 50 years ago, but his legacy lives on as a leading American writer and lecturer, known for his self-improvement skills that are still practised today. Dale Carnegie’s most notable book, “How to Win Friends & Influence People”, is a business textbook that teaches the skills of negotiation to get ahead in the world.
Dale Carnegie became a famous public speaker, who was ahead of his time, in the corporate training world. Born in 1888, in poverty, he wrote the “How to Win Friends and Influence People” book in 1936. It is still a massive bestseller and demonstrates how it is possible to change other people’s behaviour by changing your reaction to them.
Another famous legacy was the Dale Carnegie Course that debuted in 1912. Founded on a self-confidence boosting curriculum, he started teaching this course when he was nearly broke and living at the YMCA.
From this humble start, he got the idea to teach public speaking by suggesting the others to vent about what made them angry. It was here that he discovered that he could motivate others to have the confidence to address a public audience.
The Dale Carnegie Course is now in 75 countries, with over 7 million people that have completed this course for business teachings of motivation, encouragement, negotiating to get the results you wish to achieve.
Besides his self-help book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, he wrote other books that reflected his attitude towards business success through influencing other people or employees. Among them were “Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business”, “Managing Through People”, and “The Leader in You”.
Some of Dale Carnegie’s other books, such as “Pathways to Success In Your Personal and Private Lives”, “How To Stop Worrying and Start Living” and “How To Develop Self-Confidence and Influence Others Through Public Speaking” were more focused on personal self-help and emotional development that could be applied to personal happiness.