How to Win Friends & Influence People – Dale Carnegie+

George Dyke of North Warren, Pennsylvania, was forced to retire from his
service station business after thirty years when a new highway was constructed
over the site of his station. It wasn’t long before the idle days of retirement
began to bore him, so he started filling in his time trying to play music and talk
with many of the accomplished fiddlers. In his humble and friendly way he
became generally interested in learning the background and interests of every
musician he met. Although he was not a great fiddler himself, he made many
friends in this pursuit. He attended competitions and soon became known to the
country music fans in the eastern part of the United States as ‘Uncle George, the
Fiddle Scraper from Kinzua County.’ When we heard Uncle George, he was
seventy-two and enjoying every minute of his life. By having a sustained interest
in other people, he created a new life for himself at a time when most people
consider their productive years over.