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How To Win Friends And Influence People

10/2/20251 hr 10 min

Live like Dale Carnegie, neg like Calvin Coolidge.Where to find us: Our PatreonOur merch!Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:Self-help Messiah: Dale Carnegie and Success in Modern AmericaThe Positive ThinkersAge of industrial violence 1910-1915 : the activities and findings of the United States commission on industrial relationsRepresentation and Rebellion: The Rockefeller Plan at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, 1914–1942 Dale Carnegie and the Problem of SincerityNew York Times review from 1937Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

Clips

Coolidge’s Compliment Sandwich
Carnegie Name Hustle
Egg-Boiling Teen Lecture
Wives Mustn’t Nag List
‘Not Me’ Slang Meltdown

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Peter Shamshiri· Host0:00

    ... uh, yeah, I think I've got something... Hold on. Let me- Ooh, ooh. ... let me think about it.

  2. Michael Hobbes· Host0:04

    He prepared. Not you, preparing for the podcast. (laughs) I'm, like, so with it, Peter.

  3. Peter Shamshiri· Host0:09

    You're so with it.

  4. Michael Hobbes· Host0:09

    Are you about to stand on business? (laughs) Are you standing on business, Peter? Are you about to stand on business?

  5. Peter Shamshiri· Host0:13

    "Not me" is, like, the worst fu- it's, that's so fucking annoying to me. That's, like, one of the signs- Dude. ... of me getting old is, like, I hear that and I just get pissed off.

  6. Michael Hobbes· Host0:22

    Yeah.

  7. Peter Shamshiri· Host0:22

    (laughs) It's not like, "Oh, I don't really get that slang." It's like, "Shut the fuck up."

  8. Michael Hobbes· Host0:26

    (laughs) That is you about to turn 40.

  9. Peter Shamshiri· Host0:28

    Yeah.

  10. Michael Hobbes· Host0:29

    That is it.

  11. Peter Shamshiri· Host0:29

    Not me being taken to the camps. That's- (laughs) ... that's, like, that's a fucking TikTok a year from now.

  12. Michael Hobbes· Host0:34

    Also, the slang in this book has fucking ruined my vocabulary, because he keeps talking about, like, fisticuffs.

  13. Peter Shamshiri· Host0:40

    "Not me resorting to fisticuffs." (laughs) "Not me scuffling with this vagabond."

  14. Michael Hobbes· Host0:45

    Okay. Peter.

  15. Peter Shamshiri· Host0:46

    Michael.

  16. Michael Hobbes· Host0:47

    What do you know about How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie?

  17. Peter Shamshiri· Host0:51

    All I know is that we've covered a lot of frauds and phonies on this podcast, and it's nice to finally cover someone who did it the right way, by having the same last name as a successful businessman.

  18. Michael Hobbes· Host1:04

    (Instrumental music) So the full title of the book is How to Win Friends and Influence People, no colon.

  19. Peter Shamshiri· Host1:22

    Wow.

  20. Michael Hobbes· Host1:23

    C- c- c- c- combo breaker. We've never had this. (laughs) It is published in 1936. It sold... it's not clear how many copies

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