Archive for February 15th, 2013

Banned substance: Red ink is,well, threatening …

February 15, 2013

I once worked for a CEO who wouldn’t stand for lemon in his water or red ink.

That is, both the red ink on a financial statement and red ink on a document.

Apparently, he was onto something with the latter.

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In the UK, hundreds of schools have banned their teachers from marking in red ink.

Here’s why …

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Gotcha: Geez, you can’t even trust used car salesmen …

February 15, 2013
Few things are more attractive than those that are unavailable or in scarce supply.
Tell someone that they can’t have something, and they will be much more likely to desire it.

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Here’s the way at least one used car salesman plays the scarcity game …

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