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From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Salemanship
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Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 00:06:46 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 16 00:06:46 1985
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In article <1560082@acf4.UUCP> mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) writes:
> ... For a lot of 
>technical people (and others), acquiring salesmanship entails a change
>of personality.  I don't believe one can be a salesman on the job and
>then not bring it home with you.  One might well begin to apply salesmanship
>in one's personal life.  Is this not too great a cost to pay for career
>success?
>
>						Mike Sykora

When I was in college, I knew a guy who took a summer job selling books
door-to-door.  His girlfriend broke up with him not long after, for the
reason that every time he talked to her (and to anyone else, for that
matter!), he came across like he was trying to sell her something.

I knew several other people who were affected in similar ways.
-- 
Dana S. Nau,  Computer Science Dept.,  U. of Maryland,  College Park, MD 20742
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