Dale Carnegie Course

[Carl G.]

This thread isn't technically about a real estate course but it is about human relations course. It could help in your real estate/rental transactions so I figured I would write about it.

So upon the advisement of one of my mentors, I signed up and took the Dale Carnegie: Effective Communication and Human Relations Course. I must say it was well worth the $1800 I spent on it. The course is mostly based on the book How to Win Friends and Influence People. There are also two other books that are included - How to Stop Worrying and Start Living and The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Public Speaking. It's a 12 week course that meets once a week for 3.5 hours. The course forces you to practice the principles in the book. In return, I've found myself implementing them into my daily life. Most of the principles are small - like don't criticize, smile, and using someone's name. All-in-all there are 30 principles on various topics. All of them are very good.

The course also greatly improves public speaking skills. They made us give two short speeches every class. Speaking in front of a group is much easier now and can actually be enjoyable. I was amazed at the transformation I made.

I'm now taking the Dale Carnegie Sales Success Course. It also is very good. I'm not currently in a sales position. However, I'm sure this will be very beneficial to me in the future no matter what I'm doing.

There are Dale Carnegie franchises all over the world. So if you're interested in taking it, check your nearest large city or the website. If not, I highly recommend at least reading the book. It will be one of those books that I read over and over again.

So I'm wondering, are there any other Dale Carnegie graduates out there?