How It Works

This chart is broken up into 6 weeks, each week with 5 days. Each of these days will be a day that you practice the listed skills, all of which are thoroughly discussed in How to Win Friends and Influence People. Obviously there are 7 days in a week, so you get 2 free days where you don't have to practice these skills (though you still should!). The idea is that you will practice these skills at work, which for most people is 5 days a week, and you can pick whichever 5 practice days you want every week. In addition to practicing at work, these skills are 100% practicable with your personal friends and family at home or at school.

Each day will have anywhere from 1 to 3 skills for you to practice. There's no quantitative amount of practicing where you can say "Daily Mission Accomplished!," so just practice the daily skills until you feel comfortable with them. Each week is categorized in some way, and will be exercising a certain verbal skill set.

If you truly stick with the daily skill goals, then I guarantee you will notice a positive difference among how your colleagues perceive and respect you. The only thing I ask of you is to give this chart an honest chance if you wish to succeed in the covered areas. Please don't half-ass it, or you probably won't see much progress. Remember, this isn't something like a school course that's worth cheating on in order to pass; it's to help you, and only you, so do your best!

About

This chart was designed to help you better yourself at the art of winning friends, influencing people, and overall just being a better communicator. It is based off of Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, easily the best and most applicable self-improvement book ever written. You can use this chart as a 30-day practice plan to help you understand and enact upon some of the awesome suggestions in Carnegie's book.

At first glance, the title of this book probably gives off a superficial vibe. After all, the thought of explicitly learning how to get better at "winning friends and influencing people" doesn't sound like like the most humble topic. But I can't tell you how humble the true meaning of this book is. Dale Carnegie genuinely provides you with the tools to create real, honest relationships with everyone you meet, and help you build on the ones you already have.

His book has absolutely zero "tricks" to persuading or influencing others, just practical suggestions on how to enhance every interaction with those around you - as well as helping you to become a better person overall. To prove it to you, some of the covered topics include "Giving honest and sincere appreciation," "Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing others," and "Praise every improvement, no matter how small." That doesn't sound so bad, does it?

So, what do you have to lose? Give the chart a try and see if you notice a difference in your personal relationships with people you have known for a while and also with people you're just meeting!

Suggestions

Hi, I'm Aaron. Want to add something to this chart? Feel free to shoot me an email with your suggestions at alkrauss48@gmail.com. Or, if you want to hack on to the site itself, checkout the GitHub repo and make a pull request.