Professor Elam

Ben Stein usually has some ideas on making money.   I redid this hyperlink per Michelle’s suggestion.  I re did this a second time.  If it does not work, just go to finance.yahoo.com and then go to columnists.   This hyperlink is to one  of his columns that is no exception to that rule.  You may remember him from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. His ad and movie career took off with his droll character.  We are reading Dale Carnegie’s book in the Personal Development Class. In this column Ben touches on many of those same issues, and how to avoid blunders. Remember the other guy always puts himself first.

Update-Margaret points out that people who switch real estate agents complain that they prior agent never listened to them.  I can relate to that, this was the case with the lady who listed our house in San Marcos, and then never showed it.  At the closing she came and read a magazine, having little to say to us.  Listening is a fine art; it requires composure, asking open ended questions of the client; it requires the person asking questions to continually gauge the reaction of the person talking.  Breakdowns in relationships in marriage, work, school, start when one party stops listening.  Dale Carnegie talks about this in his famous book, How to Win Friends and Influence People that we are reading in Prof Development.  My copy I bought used is in its 87th edition, incredible for a non fiction book, as Margaret said, amazing we have to be reminded of these things.

DLE