Winning Friends & Influencing People

Recently, Henri asked if I knew of Dale Carnegie’s book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, which he recently discovered and appreciated.

“Of course,” I said. “Forty years ago this summer my then girlfriend Teppie’s dad Terry Lemerond recommended it. Was a game changer for me; put things in perspective.”

Naturally, I was a bit cocky with my newfound confidence booster back then. I took it to new heights when signing up to work for Southwestern Company selling study guides and cookbooks door-to-door in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1986. Lacking that ‘killer instinct’, I pulled up stakes two-thirds of the way through and retreated back to Wisconsin, working at Terry’s Bay Natural Foods store to help package Enzymatic Therapy vitamin supplements.