tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post2384789395757982426..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: SAUNDARANANDA 16.30: The Conscious Eightfold PathMike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-91058566693274892492009-03-15T02:27:00.000-07:002009-03-15T02:27:00.000-07:00Thanks for this encouragement, Harry.I had a frien...Thanks for this encouragement, Harry.<BR/><BR/>I had a friend in Japan, a habitually morose character called Stephen Harland, who suddenly got very enthusiastic about Dale Carnegie's book "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Steve zealously recommended the book to me, but I never got round to reading it. <BR/><BR/>Carnegie's title gives me an idea for my own autobiography: "How to Make Enemies and Antagonize People." <BR/><BR/>The title of Chapter One might be: "Going for the Jugular -- Attacking People's Most Cherished Misconceptions."Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-29537625603039916442009-03-14T19:22:00.000-07:002009-03-14T19:22:00.000-07:00Hello, Mike.It's said that a common characteri...Hello, Mike.<BR/><BR/>It's said that a common characteristic of great people ('self actualised' individuals as they say in psychobabble) is that they can count their friends on one hand.<BR/><BR/>Regards to you & yours,<BR/><BR/>Harry.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168631752214481563noreply@blogger.com