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It had been chosen as a typical American town. Every adult in Meriden was
interviewed and requested to answer 156 questions—questions such as “What is
your business or profession? Your education? How do you spend your spare
time?
It had been chosen as a typical American town. Every adult in Meriden was
interviewed and requested to answer 156 questions—questions such as “What is
your business or profession? Your education? How do you spend your spare
time?
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He asked questions with which his opponent would have to agree. He kept on
winning one admission after another until he had an armful of yeses. He kept on
asking questions until finally, almost without realizing it, his opponents found ...
He asked questions with which his opponent would have to agree. He kept on
winning one admission after another until he had an armful of yeses. He kept on
asking questions until finally, almost without realizing it, his opponents found ...
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they could make it possible to produce the order on time. Then he started asking
questions: “Is there anything we can do to handle this order?” “Can anyone think
of different ways to process it through the shop that will make it possible to take ...
they could make it possible to produce the order on time. Then he started asking
questions: “Is there anything we can do to handle this order?” “Can anyone think
of different ways to process it through the shop that will make it possible to take ...
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| Title | How to Win Friends and Influence People |
| Author | Dale Carnegie |
| Edition | unabridged, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1981 |
| ISBN | 067142517X, 9780671425173 |
| Length | 299 pages |
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