Hit it like a pro


Lately I have been having fun reading through the mails of Internet marketers.

“Do you really read them?” you ask. I hear you.

Normally I reach for the delete button. But now that the economy is bad and I have some time on hand, I thought I might as well read and do them a favor.

Few years ago, it would be enough just to insert someone’s first name at the beginning of a message using the mail merge feature of a word processing program and follow it up with a stock letter. The letter is deemed to have been personalized.

But not anymore.

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Can laziness be a motivator?

Greatest motivators for decisions are greed, fear and laziness. – Edward De Bono

No one needs case studies with decisions taken to satisfy one’s greed.  History is replete with such decisions. Casinos would go out of business if there is no such thing as greed.

Fear coming in the way of rational thinking is also understandable. Either we take some actions out of fear or freeze and do nothing out of fear.

Staying in a relationship (that deteriorates by the day) for fear of the alternative – comes to my mind as a good example.

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