GaryOsberg.com

This is a reprint of the very first posting of my Friday notes on the website www.garyosberg.com March 28, 2008.

“It is a bright sunny day in Collegeville today. It is still cool, but with no wind and the sun higher in the sky, it is starting to feel like spring. We took a mini-vacation and visited some friends in Sioux Falls this week. It turns out that the economy is doing quite well in South Dakota. Housing is not in the dumps in Sioux Falls and the same is said to be true of Rapid City. Steve and I tagged along on a short shopping trip in downtown Sioux Falls. It was fun to drop in on some of my underwriters. I was able to find a hard copy of “How To Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie, for only seven dollars at The Book Shop on Phillips Avenue. A “heck-of-a-deal”.

“When I started in sales, I was terrible at it. I was trying to sell automated drafting service to various department heads at Control Data. I had worked at Control Data before we launched Norwood Engineering and it seemed logical to call on my previous co-workers. I managed to alienate every one of them. Butch Herter, a co-worker at Norwood, suggested that I might be well served if I read “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dales Carnegie. It made a huge difference.”

The APHC show this week is a return to January and the first broadcast of 2017, at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington. The Shins play “Name for You” and “The Fear” and Regina Spektor sings “The Trapper and the Furrier” and “Samson.” Plus: Chris Thile starts things off with “’17 (Modern Friendship)” and the band members share a few of their resolutions for the new year. We’ll also visit the renowned Cup & Clam with Bertrand Falstaff Heine, and it’s all brought to you by sponsors Beebopareebop Rhubarb Pie and Memory Foam Mattresses. Tune in!
Brother Bill and I are flying to Arizona on Sunday, so there will not be a Friday note next week. Have a great week.

“To live is to think and act, and to think and act is to change.” James Allen