GOOD SELLING IS GOOD LISTENING

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Listen with your eyes and ears: this is the most fundamental secret to selling.

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Once on my way home from Vancouver, I had to buy a last-minute souvenir and, of course, forgot to buy it before I got to the airport. I knew I wasn’t going to be paying a reasonable price. I found the item I wanted to purchase, and a kind lady was cashing me out. She spoke broken English, but I was patient and friendly.

She asked me, “Where are you going, and how did you get here?” I was confused about the question; after all, I had already ...

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