Marcel Legros - Play the Game of Life

My Holidays, Four Days, Still Kicking…

I’m off this week for a few days of camping, swimming, hiking, eating burnt fireside food, and swatting bugs with my family. I’ll stew up lots of fresh air induced posts while I’m away but for now, here’s Day 4 of my random holiday thoughts - random passages taken from a few of my favourite books. I’ve included an Amazon link to it if you wish to purchase it and read more. Here’s a fantastic one from Dale Carnegie’s book “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” The title doesn’t get any more specific than that! See you when I return.

“You can’t win an argument. You can’t because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it. Why? Well suppose you triumph over the other man and shoot his argument full of holes and prove that he is non compis mentis. Then what? You will feel fine. But what about him? You have made him feel inferior. You have hurt his pride. He will resent your triumph. And -

A man convinced against his will

Is of the same opinion still.”

Source: “How to Win Friends and Influence People” - Dale Carnegie - Part 3, Chapter 1, page 117