Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Free Money


STRATEGY:

For my strategy, I wanted to choose a location that gave me many opportunities of people walking by- so, I chose the Boca Town Center Shopping Mall. 
I thought people in an older demographic would have abundant time and the patience to listen to me, so I chose to target them. 
I thought the best way to initiate the conversation would be to ask if I could have just a few seconds of their time and I would give them a dollar. 



SUMMARY OF ENCOUNTERS:
I was humbled again in this class.  The exercise proved to be very challenging and I was not successful at giving even one dollar away.   People were annoyed and did not want to fully engage with me.  I even tried to have my attractive wife give it a try.  She was in a suit and people gave her the same resistance I experienced. 
The exercise was definitely harder than I imagined. Not only was it super uncomfortable for both of us as introverts, we were not able to close the sale- if you will.   My initial assumptions were that I would get the time and attention of at least a couple of people, but that did not work out.  They were pressed for time and thought I was a typical salesman wasting their time.


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