read one everydayLast night I had a nightmare, but it was different in one important way.
In most distressing dreams, you find yourself in a tough situation and whatever the problem persuing you, it usually grows worse and worse till you wake up in a cold sweat.
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Standing in the gale-force winds, the kid was looking queasy. We could all see the storm was growing more intense.
The rain had already plastered his hair to his forehead and his new black suit was starting to cling to him in ways Mr. Armani never intended.
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She stands at the front of the room exuding confidence.
Your companion leans over and whispers, “Remember when she was just another newbie? We all started out together, and back then, she didn’t know any more than you or me, but look at her now!”
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I think my father had his doubts about how I’d turn out. He was always “encouraging” me to stop thinking so much and take direct action. But I was a slow learner in that area.
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It happens fairly often. About one customer in 50 steals from me.
But I’m not alone. Virtually every person I know who sells information products says they have the same experience.
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Jack laughed out loud when the letter came.
“I won a sales contest,” he told us later, “and I didn’t even know I was in it.”
Jack, a freelance printing salesman, was one of our steadiest customers at the photo lab. He wasn’t really a photographer, but he sold full color brochures and picture postcards, and his customers never had good photos of their facilities, so he supplied them.
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Years ago I worked in a camera shop with a man named Sam who was constantly bemoaning his bad luck. He often talked about Mr. Dawson, a man in his seventies who was really lucky. Dawson owned real estate all over the western suburbs of Chicago.
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