I came across a post on
LinkedIn the other day where someone suggested gushily that the lessons in the seminal
management/self- improvement work by Dale Carnegie ` How to Win Friends and Influence
People` are as true today as they were when they were written in 1936. Ever the contrarian, I thought I’d have a look through the
shiny aphorisms highlighted and see if, in my experience,...
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