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--- Charles E Vermette <cvermette -at- juno -dot- com> wrote:
> <<<Another trick - parrot their words. Engineers LOVE to hear you explain
> back to them what they just said. It makes them all warm and creamy
> inside. "So what you're saying is...." Watch the smiles form...Good
> luck...that'll be $235.00. :-)
>
> Andrew, this advice is worth $235:)))
Okay, 199.95, but this offer won't last long.
> Parroting has worked for me at parties, with dates, and in
> interviews...never thought to use it with engineers. Thanks.
Parroting works on anybody. People love to hear their own words back to them.
Its an easy way to stroke egos. Heck I get a warm feeling somewhere when people
parrot my words back to me...even when they're followed with a flurry of
obscenities.
Andrew Plato
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