May I suggest to all salesmen taking our course that you borrow a copy from your public library.Better still, buy a copy at your local bookstore. I can recommend it with enthusiasm. When I started out to sell I would gladly have walked from Chicago to New York to get a copy of this book if it had been available at that time. That statement may sound like an exaggeration but I mean it literally. Dale Carnegie

A business classic endorsed by Dale Carnegie, How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling is for anyone whose job it is to sell. Whether you are selling houses or mutual funds, advertisements or ideas—or anything else—this book is for you. When Frank Bettger was twenty-nine he was a failed insurance salesman. By the time he was forty he owned a country estate and could have retired. What are the selling secrets that turned Bettger’s life around from defeat to unparalleled success and fame as one of the highest paid salesmen in America? The answer is inside How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling. Bettger reveals his personal experiences and explains the foolproof principles that he developed and perfected. He shares instructive anecdotes and step-by-step guidelines on how to develop the style, spirit, and presence of a winning salesperson. No matter what you sell, you will be more efficient and profitable—and more valuable to your company—when you apply Bettger’s keen insights on: • The power of enthusiasm • How to conquer fear • The key word for turning a skeptical client into an enthusiastic buyer • The quickest way to win confidence • Seven golden rules for closing a sale

A young entrepreneur and sociologist shows readers how to reach personal fulfillment using the same strategies that power Silicon Valley's greatest startups. As an entrepreneur, Anna Akbari learned that one of the best things about startups is their ability to “pivot” quickly—basically a euphemism for failing and starting over. And she quickly found that personal success is no different. It’s not just about developing and following the right process but also having a good idea. And that demands rigor and daily maintenance—far beyond a few positive affirmations. Like any Silicon Valley startup, the business of life is not as glamorous as its Instagram account would make it seem. What do you do when planning is not an option? When control is out of your reach? You isolate the small stuff, experiment constantly, and use the results to lay a more sustainable foundation for the future. You validate your idealized vision by testing it out in bite-sized increments. You see what sticks, integrate, and move forward. And inevitably, you experience a series of failures along the way, but those failures are key to your next success. Living a start up life is about maximizing flexibility and measuring on-going results, not avoiding failure or reaching one particular end goal. It's about embracing defeat, analyzing it, and failing up. In Startup Your Life, Akbari shows that after all, it's often the stumbles that pave the way for real happiness.

The amazing story of a man who rose from utter failure to overwhelming success in just a few years-and the simple secrets he used to do it. A failure as a life insurance salesman at the age of twenty-nine, Frank Bettger became in the following years one of America's outstanding successes. Here are his personal experiences and the principles of selling as he applied them, that made him one of the country's greatest salesmen. Here are the 13 principles that enabled Frank Bettger to rise from being an unsuccessful professional baseball player to the point where he was acknowledged to be one of the great salesmen of his day-a sales expert. REVIEWS: "Here it is-the most helpful and inspiring book on salesmanship that I have ever read. It will be helping salesmen whether they are selling insurance, or shoes, or ships, or sealing wax, long after Frank Bettger has passed away." Dale Carnegie "I recommend this book to salesmen of insurance or anything else...it is easy to read, full of practical advice and capable of stiffening the back and the jaw of any man or woman who sets out to heat the world and doesn't quite know how to go about it. There are millions of them." Insurance News