<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>books on toorun.dev</title><link>https://toorun.dev/tags/books/</link><description>Recent content in books on toorun.dev</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://toorun.dev/tags/books/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>How to Win Friends and Influence People: Lessons From a Timeless Classic</title><link>https://toorun.dev/posts/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://toorun.dev/posts/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/</guid><description>Reading time: 5 min/day | Book published: 1936 | Copies sold worldwide: 30+ million
Introduction I recently picked up &amp;ldquo;How to Win Friends and Influence People&amp;rdquo; by Dale Carnegie, and I have to admit—I approached it with some skepticism. A book from 1936? Surely, human nature has evolved in nearly 90 years. Surely, modern psychology has superseded these ideas.
But within the first few chapters, I realized something important: the fundamentals of human connection haven&amp;rsquo;t changed.</description></item></channel></rss>