text: Four Sales Lessons from a Squirrel | Sales Training Seminars, Workshops & Keynotes by Don Cooper, The Sales Heretic™ | Denver, CO
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  Susan Finerty Says:
  I LOVE this post! Here we thought everything we ever needed to know we learned in kindergarten…when it is actually the squirrels that hold the key!
  I love your story, and I could not resist responding. I have a scar on my thumb from a squirrel bite I received this summer when I rescued a baby squirrel from drowning. When I rescued it, I had the presence of mind to quickly put on gloves and wrap the wiry, protesting creature in a thick towel until I got it to safety. Well, it was not moving and appeared to be expiring in the heat, so I quickly brought a saucer of water (gloves off) and nudged it in close to the limp body….and zap!….I had a sharp bite, blood spurting and a very weak squirrel retreating as fast as possible. After a visit to emergency and the possibility of a round of rabies shots, I was questioning my impulse to save the creature. Fortunately, it seems the squirrel population is not prone to carry rabies, so I needed only the tetanus shot. When I asked the doctor if he treated many squirrel bites, he looked at me with a WHAT were you thinking of? look and said, "No, first one!" To his credit, he spared me a lecture.
  I couldn't resist and had to post your article to my Facebook page (TheCabinMama). I have had a running battle with squirrels in my attic. Love the strategies your dad used to dissuade the dastardly little critters!