Should Salesman Be More Empathetic

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As humans we are emotional, empathetic people and I think this article captured that aspect as a whole. Writing instructors usually say something along the lines of start the essay of with a hook and capture your reader. "The Harvard Business Review" explained how important it is to draw your reader to the writing itself with a personal connection. "When you want to motivate, persuade, or be remembered, start with a human struggle and eventual triumph. It will capture people's hearts-by first attracting their brains." Not just in movies and writing, but in the business world as well empathy is a valued aspect in marketing products. "Make your people empathize with the pain the customer experienced and they will also feel the pleasure of its resolution." Having salesman be more empathetic helps cater to the many problems customers are having with a product or service. We all have watched movies that are just complete emotional rollercoasters, and I feel this article has done a wonderful job in …show more content…

Gender roles were pretty cut and dry back then and It took a lot to ignite a change. Even if he had tried to empathize and feel their pain and suffering, at the end of the day he is still a man. "The difference between me and these daughters was that they saw me, because of my sex, as destined from birth to become like their fathers, and therefore as an enemy to their desires." Even if he had told the women of his socioeconomic status and explained how he had felt, I still feel like they would not have understood. Gender equality is hundreds of times better, but still prevalent. My parents used to own a firewood business. So we had this guy come to our facility for firewood, and he would not let my mom load his truck. He bluntly told her that she belonged in the kitchen barefoot and pregnant. I just saw it asinine to think that a woman could not run a piece of machinery as well as a

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