Using the famous self-help book as a tool to write realistic relationships and persuasion. Recently, I decided to read How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. I did this, not out of interest in winning friends or influencing people but specifically because Charles Manson is reported to have read this book and used what he learned to influence people to kill for him while he was in prison. Although I didn’t find the content exactly ground breaking, it was nice to see a set of principles.