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1. Are You Running Numbers?

2. A long, long time ago, I used to work at
Disneyland.

3. No, I wasn't dressed up as a character.

4. My job was to walk around and ask
people various questions.

5. Where they were from. How long they
were staying. Which rides they liked
the best, etc.

6. I worked for the "guest research"
department.

7. Our job was to collect demographic
data to support the marketing
department.

8. At first, it was pretty nerve wracking.

9. We had to walk up and start
conversations with people all day long.

10. On an average day, we'd interact with
500-1000 people. A lot of people quit
after a week.

11. But after a while, it became pretty fun.

12. After all, you get to meet people from
all over the world who are on vacation,
and usually in a pretty good mood.

13. There's a lot of ways you can use
statistics.

14. Marketing, sales, baseball, economics.

15. If it weren't for statistics, we humans
would be pretty clueless.

16. They wouldn't even know how much
to charge for insurance.

17. Sometimes when we think in terms of
meeting people, for friends, romance,
or even in sales, we tend to think in
terms of "numbers."

18. If you call enough people, you'll get
enough sales.

19. If you ask enough people for their
phone number, and go on enough
dates, you'll meet Mr. or Mrs. Right.

20. Problem is sorting through all those
people can be pretty intimidating.

21. Sure, you intellectually know that if
you "number close" the next 500
attractive people you see, your
BOUND to find your "soul mate" in
there somewhere! (Or at least
somebody close enough!)

22. However, the whole "numbers game"
theory can be a little misleading.

23. Sure, no matter WHAT you do, you will
NEVER be able to convince everybody.

24. Despite what WAY over-hyped
marketing may claim, there ARE going
to be people who simply aren't
interested.

25. However, with just a few simple
tweaks in how you communicate, you
can SIGNIFICANTLY increase your odds.

26. What if you KNEW that you really only
need to talk to TEN people before
finding your soul mate?

27. What if you KNEW that instead of
calling a hundred people for every
sale, you only needed to call ten?

28. Would that make it easier? You bet it
would!

29. How do you do this? The first step is to
remove all your inner conflicts.

30. Even if you have the best sales pitch
written by Dale Carnegie himself, it
won't work if you're so nervous you're
shaking when you deliver it. (Same
goes with meeting guys and girls for
relationships.)

31. The second step is to FIRST find out
what THEY want, so you can speak in
"their language."

32. You'll find this will SIGNIFICANTLY
improve your chances. With ANYBODY
you speak with.

33. Do that, and ALL communication will
be much, much easier.

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