by Frank Bettger
Recommended by Sam Altman
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Sales, Personal Development, and Business.
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 twentynine he was a failed insurance salesman. By the time he was forty he o...
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