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They're Tired Of Buying What You're Selling
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Send us Fan Mail What you're selling may no longer have value. Find out how to liquidate it and move into the future. Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's podcasting site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038 "The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's ess...
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The title of my mini-podcast is, They're Tired of Buying What You're Selling. It seems to me like most things have a shelf life, and that includes ideas, beliefs, and ways of doing things.
I'm reminded of an amazing speech Danny DeVito gave in the movie, Other People's Money. He was talking about buggy whip manufacturers and what happened when automobiles came along.
Here's what he said. You know, at one time there must have been dozens of companies making buggy whips. And I'll bet the last company around was the one that made the best goddamn buggy whip you ever saw. Now, how would you have liked to be a stockholder in that company?
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