But not how to be who you are.  This book has some manipulative qualities to it.  Telling people what they want to hear, smiling frequently, feigning interest in their interests, etc.  Yes, you will make yourself more attractive to people, but that doesn't make someone your friend.  And it's not really genuine, either. 

This bok is over flowing with helpful insights into how to get what you want from people, and how to make friends with people. It seems silly to think that anyone doesn’t know how to make friends, and yet I read with horror in the realization that I had done many of the things that this book implores you to NEVER do. I have always seen myself as a “people person” and this book helped me to see how I can more easily connect to others and enlist their help. This book made me feel like I was getting the inside scoop as to why I had been unsucessful in certain interactions, and simple maxim to help me in all my intereactions in the future. A MUST READ!