How to Win Friends and Influence People: Dale Carnegie and the Problem of Sincerity
1977; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 29; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2712571
ISSN1080-6490
Autores Tópico(s)Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
ResumoAs a child, I grew up on a Missouri farm; and one day, while helping my mother pit cherries, I began to cry. My mother said, Dale, what in the world are you crying about? I blubbered, I'm afraid I am going to be buried alive! I was full of worries in those days. When thunderstorms came, I worried for fear I would be killed by lightning. When hard times came, I worried for fear we wouldn't have enough to eat. I worried for fear I would go to hell when I died. I was terrified for fear an older boy, Sam White, would cut off my big ears-as he threatened to do.... I worried for fear no girl would ever be willing to marry me. I worried what I would say to my wife immediately after we were married. I imagined that we would be married in some country church, and then get in a surrey with a fringe on the top and ride back to the farm . . . but how would I be able to keep the conversation going on that ride back to the farm?1
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