All Selling Aside With Alex Mandossian

You’ve probably heard of Chicken Soup for the Soul, but do you know the famous story that didn’t make it into the books? The story of Kyle is about how compassion can not only save a life and create a best friend for life, but also keep customers for life. In case you haven’t heard it, this story (told by Kyle’s best friend) is about a teenage boy who was bullied in school. The narrator, seeing Kyle’s torment, invites Kyle to join him and his friends for a basketball game, and Kyle accepts. That was the right thing to do! Doing the opposite is the first big mistake when you sell; don’t say “no” when the offer is there! The more the narrator and his friends hung out with Kyle, the more they liked him. Over the next few years, the narrator and Kyle became the best of friends. Kyle was high school valedictorian, and by then, he had filled out, looked great, and had tons of dates! On the day of Kyle’s speech, the narrator was stunned to hear from the speech that Kyle had planned to kill himself on that day they