Thinking In Opposites
b'Has it ever occurred to you that the smartest guys think in opposites. For example take the guy who packaged the batteries I just bought on line. They\'re totally encased in plastic so thick that I had to cut if with a pair of wire cutters. It was essentially a plastic battery chastity belt. But when I dug the batteries out and put them in the flashlight, they didn\'t work. I wanted to send them back, but the invoice from the guy who sold them says, "All returns must be in original packaging." Smart guy. He thinks in opposites. And thinking in opposites made me change my mind about the guy at the drug store who sold me a bottle of cotton with a few Tylenol pills in the bottom. Hey, think in opposites...maybe I could make a nice warm winter coat out of that big ball of cotton, then I wouldn\'t catch cold, and I wouldn\'t have to buy any more Tylenol. \\n\\tI\'ve got to learn to think in opposites. For example, will everything east of the San Andreas fault eventually plunge into the Atlantic Ocean? Does every silver lining have to have a cloud? And if a picture is worth 1000 words how come there are no pictures of the Gettysburg Address? And maybe the sooner you fall behind, the more time you\'ll have to catch up. Think in opposites. I think it was a guy who learned to think in opposites who invented telemarketing. I think he got one too many voice mail recordings that said, "All our specialists are busy helping other customers. Your call is very important to us, and it will be answered by next Easter." And suddenly, something that said "Hey...think in opposites" went "BLING" in his head. He figured instead his being annoyed by the person at the other end of his phone call, he turned it around. He got to be the ANNOYING guy instead of being the ANNOYED guy. Much more satisfying, and probably somewhat profitable.'