As an unhappy motor-truck salesman living in a cockroach infested apartment Dale Carnegie described himself as 'one of the unhappiest lads in New York'. So, he gave up his job and made the decision to start living. Dedicating his days to reading and writing, and his nights to teaching in Y.M.C.A night schools in order to pursue the life he had dreamed of as a student. These are his time-tested formulas to rid life of worry and start enjoying it instead.