"[[How to Win Friends and Influence People]], the 1936 book that started the modern self-help movement, **will be of particular benefit to you if you fall into any of the following categories**: 1) You live in the 1930s; 2) You are a hard-working 1930s businessman looking to land that promotion, or show your appreciation of your wife, whose vocation is cooking your meals and helping you out of your 1930s coat each evening; 3) You are a hard-working 1930s businessman who doesn’t yet have a wife but wants to ingratiate himself with a certain pretty ‘salesgirl’ at the department store where you buy your 1930s coats." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[juicy-sentences]], **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]]