"How to Win Friends and Influence People" Concern

[Entropy]

Hello all! I have read the "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie and I have found myself in very weird situations. It looks like that when you follow the lessons from the book and start making people feel important, show interest in them etc, their ego and pride climbs up leading to one-sided conversations around ONLY the other person. For example, I tried it with my friend and I have shown interest about his week, work etc. and he kept talking for like 20 minutes about himself. After he finished I tried to share my week, made it to one sentence and then he brought the topic back to himself. This way the conversation isn't balanced and honestly I don't know how this can lead to making more friends and influencing people. Any thoughts on that?

[KEV67]

Have you read Toby Young's book, "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People"? 

Your post reminded me of this scene:

 

[barrelrols]

Hello! It means that your friend is a narcissist. Now the question is do you want such people in your life?

[PYX]

If you want to keep your peace of mind, it's better to avoid relationships like that.