The Art of Worldly Wisdom, by
Balthasar Gracián 1647 contains some 300 maxims some of which are still
relevant to professional selling in 2014.
No 2 Have a Touch of the Trader.
Life should not be all thought: there should be action as
well.
Very wise folk are generally easily deceived, for while they
know out-of-the-way things they do not know the ordinary things of life, which
are much more needful.
The observation of
higher things leaves them no time for things close at hand.
Since they know not
the very first thing they should know, and what everybody knows so well, they
are either considered or thought ignorant by the superficial multitude.
Let
therefore the prudent take care to have something of the trader about
him—enough to prevent him being deceived and so laughed at.
Be a man adapted to the daily round, which if not the
highest is the most necessary thing in life. Of what use is knowledge if it is
not practical, and to know how to live is nowadays the true knowledge.
Other selling Tips from Gracian
Other selling Tips from Gracian
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