《人性的弱点(鲸歌英文原版)》是戴尔·卡耐基的励志经典图书，全球自我教育与成人训练的范本。1937年出版，世界各地至少已译成58种文字，全球总销量九千余万册，拥有4亿读者。本书旨在帮助读者解决所面临的问题：如何在日常生活、商务活动与社会交往中与人打交道，并有效地影响他人；如何击败人类的生存之敌——忧虑，以创造一种幸福美好的人生。

Preface to revised edition

How this book was written-and why

PRRT ONE : FUNDAMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN HANDLING PEOPLE

 1 If You Want to Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over the Beehive

 2 The Big Secret of Dealing with People

 3 He Who Can Do This Has the Whole World with Him.He Who Cannot Walks a Lonely Way'

PRRT TWO : SIX WAYS TO MAKE PEOPLE LIKE YOU

 1 Do This and You'll Be Welcome Anywhere

 2 A Simple Way to Make a Good First Impression

 3 If You Don't Do This, You Are Headed for Trouble

 4 An Easy Way to Become a Good Conversatio Nalist

 5 How to Interest People

 6 How to Make People Like You Instantly

PRRT THREE : HOW TO WIN PEOPLE TO YOUR WAY OF THINKING

 1 You Can't Win an Argument

 2 A Sure Way of Making Enemies - and How to Avoid it

 3 If You're Wrong, Admit it

 4 A Drop of Honey

 5 The Secret of Socrates

 6 The Safety Valve in Handling Complaints

 7 How to Get Cooperation

 8 A Formula That Will Work Wonders for You

 9 What Everybody Wants

 10 An Appeal That Everybody Likes

 11 The Movies Do it. Tv Does it.Why Don't You Do it?

 12 When Nothing Else Works, Try This

PRRT FOUR : BE A LEADER: HOW TO CHANGE PEOPLE WITHOUT GIVING OFFENCE OR AROUSING RESENTMENT

 1 If You Must Find Fault, This is the Way to Begin

 2 How to Criticise - and Not Be Hated for It

 3 Talk About Your Own Mistakes First

 4 No One Likes to Take Orders

 5 Let the Other Person Save Face

 6 How to Spur People On to Success

 7 Give a Dog a Good Name

 8 Make the Fault Seem Easy to Correct

 9 Making People Glad to Do What You Want

A Shortcut To Distinction