There’s a quote from CSI that immediately comes mind when I think of Dale Carnegie: “It’s not about what happened, it’s about what you can convince a jury happened.” Persuasion trumps principles, and every act is a performance.

‘While it might have been revolutionary to hear that people tend to like you more when you listen to them in 1936, it’s a little silly to read now because it all seems to obvious.’

I used to read this book every year and have bought it for all our nephews and nieces over the years. I know some of it reads simplistically today, but the basic truths are there. I’ve tried to adopt every one of them, especially remembering people’s names. One day I happened to think of all the same people I…

So the book is 80 years old, and was written by a man. While the advice mostly sounds good, I’m really unsure of how it would apply to, say...women.

I'm kinda interested in a more accurate breakdown of the > 4 times a week crowd. I'm trying to determine how far up the bell curve I am.