A timeless, enjoyable, and educational read. I think I would have read this book a lot sooner if it wasn’t for the title. The title seems boastful, and I don’t want to manipulate people! However, I think an alternative title could be: How to Successfully Communicate with Anyone.

This book covers a lot of great advice for how to communicate with anyone, a coworker, stranger, friend, family, or child (in fact, some of the advice seemed very similar to the current “gentle parenting” advice given). It teaches you how to think of the other persons perspective in the conversation and how you might use that perspective to navigate tough conversations.

I thought it most interesting that one of the biggest points in this book was to be genuine! It encourages the reader many times to only be genuine in praise and be honest in failures. Understanding, honesty and kindness seem to be the key pillars of every point of advice.

The advice given in this book is very often paired with stories. I found these stories to be quite enjoyable as there were a good number of stories about historical figures such as Lincoln, as well as stories from typical people in many unique fields and positions. It’s incredible how timeless this advice feels. The book is almost 100 years old and yet everything said makes sense and still applies.

There is a reason this book is still read and recommended often (I’ve seen it talked about many times on LinkedIn). It’s good advice. It’s a lot of advice. But when you put it into action, the advice really works.