Composing an Elevator Pitch with Punch

Why not just stop the elevator between floors and tell everyone you just farted and you will need to take at lest two applications before you let anyone out......

Small Talk, BIG SALES: Lessons from a Master Moneymaker

6. Talk "Nonsense". That's what Mehdi calls his delightful way of engaging people in conversation.

"If I'm going up in an elevator and I push '4', and the other man pushes '8', I say, 'You must be twice as good as me'. When he asks me why I say that, I tell him that 8 is twice as good as 4."

Mehdi reminded his audience that day that it makes people feel good when you're having fun. As further proof that Mehdi walks his talk, he invited me to spend an afternoon with him at his office to pick his brain, and bought us lunch at his favorite Chinese restaurant—asking nothing in return.


I don't think that methane-induced blackmail would help endear people to you. :)
 
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