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Subject:Re: presentations (marketing) From:Matt Ion <mion -at- DIRECT -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 1 Jun 1995 13:22:05 EDT
On Thu, 1 Jun 1995 11:02:12 MST you wrote:
>> >>>> Consider that the sexiest women are not those that look and dress
>> (or don't dress) a certain way, but those who have high self-esteem
>> and see THEMSELVES as sexy. <<<<
>>
>> While I agree with some of his advice about remembering that
>> THEY called YOU, etc., what the hell does sexy women have to
>> do with anything?
<sigh> Jennie, you were right... people completely ignoring the point and some
95% of the actual text of the message and spewing about one little analogy.
>I think he was merely trying for an analogy for the idea that
>confidence must come from within a person rather than from
>external accouterments. It may not have been a very politically
>correct analogy, but it was an analogy nonetheless.
Precisely. Thank you, Beverly.
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