How to Win Friends and Influence People

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book self-help book

How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic self-help book that teaches practical techniques for improving interpersonal skills, building relationships, and positively influencing others.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
How to Win Friends and Influence People canonical	10
Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment	1
Dale Carnegie's book "How to Win Friends and Influence People"	1
Fundamental Techniques in Handling People	1
How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking	1
Six Ways to Make People Like You	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T69296 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Context triple: [Dale Carnegie, notableWork, How to Win Friends and Influence People]

A. The Art of the Deal
The Art of the Deal is a 1987 business memoir and self-help book in which Donald Trump outlines his deal-making philosophy and recounts key episodes from his real estate career.
B. The Business of Happiness
The Business of Happiness is a book by entrepreneur and sports team owner Ted Leonsis that blends memoir and business advice to argue that true success comes from pursuing happiness, meaning, and service to others alongside financial achievement.
C. Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie was an American writer and lecturer best known for his influential self-improvement and interpersonal skills book "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
D. Essays to Do Good
Essays to Do Good is a 1710 collection of moral and religious essays by Puritan minister Cotton Mather that urges Christians to engage in practical benevolence and social reform.
E. What Do You Care What Other People Think?
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is a posthumously published autobiographical book by physicist Richard Feynman that collects personal anecdotes, reflections on science, and his role in the investigation of the Challenger disaster.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Target entity description: How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic self-help book that teaches practical techniques for improving interpersonal skills, building relationships, and positively influencing others.

A. The Art of the Deal
The Art of the Deal is a 1987 business memoir and self-help book in which Donald Trump outlines his deal-making philosophy and recounts key episodes from his real estate career.
B. The Business of Happiness
The Business of Happiness is a book by entrepreneur and sports team owner Ted Leonsis that blends memoir and business advice to argue that true success comes from pursuing happiness, meaning, and service to others alongside financial achievement.
C. Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie was an American writer and lecturer best known for his influential self-improvement and interpersonal skills book "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
D. Essays to Do Good
Essays to Do Good is a 1710 collection of moral and religious essays by Puritan minister Cotton Mather that urges Christians to engage in practical benevolence and social reform.
E. What Do You Care What Other People Think?
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is a posthumously published autobiographical book by physicist Richard Feynman that collects personal anecdotes, reflections on science, and his role in the investigation of the Challenger disaster.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ self-help book ⓘ
aim	build better relationships ⓘ improve interpersonal skills ⓘ increase personal effectiveness ⓘ positively influence others ⓘ
author	Dale Carnegie ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
genre	non-fiction ⓘ self-help ⓘ
hasAdaptation	revised editions ⓘ summaries and study guides ⓘ
hasPart	Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment ⓘ linked to: How to Win Friends and Influence People Fundamental Techniques in Handling People ⓘ linked to: How to Win Friends and Influence People How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking ⓘ linked to: How to Win Friends and Influence People Six Ways to Make People Like You ⓘ linked to: How to Win Friends and Influence People
influenced	business communication training ⓘ modern self-help literature ⓘ sales training programs ⓘ
influencedBy	Dale Carnegie’s public speaking courses ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	audiobook ⓘ print ⓘ
notableIdea	appeal to nobler motives ⓘ avoid criticism, condemnation, and complaining ⓘ be a good listener ⓘ focus on others’ interests ⓘ give honest and sincere appreciation ⓘ give others a fine reputation to live up to ⓘ remember and use people’s names ⓘ see things from the other person’s point of view ⓘ
notableRecognition	bestselling self-help classic ⓘ one of the most influential self-help books of the 20th century ⓘ
originalPublicationYear	1936 ⓘ
publicationDate	1936 ⓘ
publisher	Simon & Schuster ⓘ
setting	business context ⓘ social interactions ⓘ
structure	principle-based chapters ⓘ
targetAudience	business professionals ⓘ general readers ⓘ salespeople ⓘ
topic	influence ⓘ interpersonal communication ⓘ leadership ⓘ personal development ⓘ persuasion ⓘ relationship building ⓘ
usedIn	corporate training ⓘ personal coaching ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dale Carnegie → notableWork → How to Win Friends and Influence People ⓘ

Dale Carnegie → hasSignatureWork → How to Win Friends and Influence People ⓘ

How to Win Friends and Influence People → hasPart → Fundamental Techniques in Handling People ⓘ