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How to Get Prospects to Take Action (Miller, 2008)

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Resilience in Man and Machine

Principle #1: A person’s primary motivation is, “What’s in it for me?
 
Principle #2: A person’s behavior is based on their need to either avoid pain or gain pleasure.
 
Principle #3: Immediate pain or pleasure is a stronger motivational force than future pain or pleasure.
 
Principle #4: A person makes buying decisions based on emotion and justifies this decision with logic.

To be influential, we need to take into account both logic and emotion. Of the two, emotion is a much more powerful motivating force.

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