I won’t be the only one as this book has greatly influenced a lot of people in the world.
At the tender age of 10, disturbed by my asocial and nerdy character I opened “How to win friends and influence people” and I made it my goal to better myself. Not only I read it but at the end of each chapter, I gave myself a week or two to practice - at school in real life setting - what I had read in that chapter. Used those techniques in daily life and checked their effect.
As a result, some of the traits I’ve admired in people I read about there - developed as a part of my personality.
With a lot of time on my hands, I went back to rereading the old books and I realized that a lot of my success with people in real life, in business or friendly settings - comes from the fact that unknowingly of me, I was so impressed by the people in this book that I’ve molded some of their habits into my character.
Only now, I am reading and I realize, that my morals were greatly influenced by this book.