Has anyone read this thing? Waste of time or nah?

Its not gonna raise your stats if that's what you're asking

read it, stopped being an asshole for maybe a week, then went back to being an asshole

You Dont do anything with your time anyway

it's a great book it just takes a ton of effort to put into practice, especially for anons who spent their entire adult life being negative and critical of others.

>>41165857
It asks you to be a fucking doormat.

>>41165812
Games People Play is a vastly better old self help book.

It literally teaches you to be a psychopath and to manipulate, control and exploit people by faking emotions and lying. It's very American in that way too. Sort of a condensed artifact of capitalism

Just get out and interact with people. Join clubs, make an effort to socialise with co workers, make an effort to find friends and expand your social environment.
This takes some hard work and you'll have to challenge and overcome your apprehensions but you'll learn far, far more about how to deal with people than by reading.

Same goes with picking up girls. Dudes obsess over this book or that book as if they're just going to read something one day and it's all gonna instantly fall into place and they're going to get mad pussy without ever having to put in the leg work... It doesn't work like that.

Put in your time and if you're not a retard you'll figure it out. When you get truly stuck... That's when you consult literature.

>>41165812
it's not a magic pill for making friends if that's what you're asking. the book might give you some more perspective on your social problems. it's a good book, go read it, but don't take everyting in it too serious.

>>41165812
assuming u are the most autistic person on /fit/, it'll help u acquire acquaintances at the very least

>>41165812
The main message of this book is to just be nice to other people. Don't critique others or don't start arguing with people about small stuff even if you are 100% sure that you are right. Shit like that.

>>41166006
this is what i was asking, i just don't want to waste my time in reading
>dont be a dick
100x

businessinsider.com/lessons-from-how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-2015-4

the numbered list in this article is basically the summary of each chapter. As with pretty much all self-help books, it can be boiled down into a short list like that, and then the book itself just expands on and demonstrates examples of each point.

Lots of self-help books are a waste of time, but any extremely successful book is worth reading. This was an extremely successful book.

>>41166060
Better shitpost right

>>41165812
there's a reason this book is so popular. most of you bitter anons could apply some of the principles in it to improve your lives

>>41165940
thats not this book. Thats the laws of power by green

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>>41166126
nice list, pretty sure the book can be boiled down to that list, thanks famalam

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>>41165812
> tfw you only read this book because you fell for a pyramid scheme
Lost $300 on that shit and the book just tells you to be yourself bro

>>41166287
You spent $300 on a book you can easily find as a PDF? M8 pls, I realize this isn't /sci/ but still.

>>41165923
you're a fucking idiot, you don't read these books to do exactly what they say, the idea is to make you aware of things you haven't noticed before

>>41165812
the observations are useful, what he suggests to do not so much. people now don't act the way they did 70 years ago, society has changed. how we act subconsciously hasn't though, that's why the book is worth reading. unless you're a brainlet it should only take a few hours to read anyway.

>>41166179
>>41165940

and green doesn't even "tell" you to do these things either, they are observations not commandments. you don't immediately build all these into your life and become what you imagine to be some godlike psychopath because you're not smart enough to do that and it will backfire. you should however take note of the laws because others do act that way and it makes it easier to tell when someone is trying to fuck you over. forewarned is forearmed etc

>>41166287
no it doesn't, no wonder you fell for a pyramid scheme

>>41165940
>hates america
>is a commie
like clockwork, kek

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>>41166325
Don't be a smart ass
>>41166408
I don't remember it was 2 years ago
Got a couple self help books that I haven't thrown out yet

>>41165812
It's good advice for someone socially inept, but since the main messages are "be interested" and "like people" it's kinda hard to use it as a guide

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>>41166395
I literally became pic related after reading it

>>41166126
>businessinsider.com/lessons-from-how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-2015-4


I own the book the article is on point.

>>41165812
I found it a better-read-than-not kind of book. It does raise some interesting points about social behavior but imo seems lacking some very fundamental stuff that autists like me would benefic a lot from

I'd suggest giving it a read, then reading it again in a few years

>>41167402
it definitely assumes a certain level of social aptitude. Most of it is written from the perspective of an employee or manager who wants to further his career by getting along with everyone in the company. Remember that it was written during the depression when a lot of people had a hard time being positive about anything.

It's not "How a NEET with 0 irl friends can make buddies and influence money into their life".