Be my guest
by Conrad N. Hilton · first published 1957
100% recommend
How you can "be yourself" in business, and become even more successful. Also a story of the development and growth of hotels in the United States, especially the string of Hilton hotels.
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My runner up sales books are: Be My Guest by Conrad Hilton The Success System That Never Fails by W. clement stone The Ultimate Sales Letter by Dan Kennedy The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Watch all of Brene Browns TED talks about vulnerability.…
on “Ask HN: Best books or videos to get better at sales?” ↗…Worth Reading IMHO. Use Your Noodle and Get The Boodle (aka Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill - that was his proposed but rejected title), Influence, The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini, Be My Guest - Conrad Hilton Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, The Success System That Never Fails - W. Clement Stone, Winning Through Intimidation - Robert Ringer, Scientific Advertising - Claude…
on “The Best Business Book I’ve Ever Read (2014)” ↗Be My Guest by Conrad Hilton.
on “Great Celebrity Memoirs?” ↗…tested at Alamagordo but Alamagordo is 100 miles from the Trinity Site. San Antonio, NM was the closest settlement. (2) Conrad Hilton, founder of the hotel chain, was born there (in his autobiography "Be My Guest" he talks about riding his horse up to Socorro, where I went to undergrad school) (3) The Owl Bar and Cafe still serves a great green chili cheeseburger https://sanantonioowl.com/ there was that time…
on “DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming” ↗