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Often in companies, you'll see tensions between sales and marketing. Sales people will want to give discounts to clients because they often get paid a commission based on how much they sell. So they're always pushing to give discounts because that will increase sales. Marketing, however, is judged by overall profitability.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Always Based Because Between Clients Commission Companies Get Give How How Much However Increase Judged Marketing Much Often Overall Paid People Profitability Pushing Sales See Sell Tensions Want Will You

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A few decades ago, many people didn't drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: All Day Beverage Bottled Companies Day Decades Drink Few Long Many Meal Now Office Outside People Production Sip Springs Started Then Water Workers

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Candy bar companies, through commercials, have tied their products to low-energy cues, transforming what was once a dessert into a pick-me-up for cubicle dwellers.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Bar Candy Commercials Companies Dessert Once Products Through Tied Transforming

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Lawsuits against reverse mortgage companies, including the nation's largest, Financial Freedom Senior Funding, contend that those firms helped pressure older Americans into bad investments.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Against American Bad Companies Contend Financial Freedom Funding Helped Including Investments Largest Lawsuits Mortgage Nation Older Pressure Reverse Senior Those

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Vast databases of names and personal information, sold to thieves by large publicly traded companies, have put almost anyone within reach of fraudulent telemarketers.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Almost Anyone Companies Databases Fraudulent Information Large Names Personal Personal Information Publicly Put Reach Sold Thieves Traded Vast Within

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Not so long ago, companies that borrowed lots of money were considered risky, appropriate only for daredevil stock pickers. Those with lots of cash on hand and few outstanding debts might be dull stocks, but they were at least safe bets for bondholders.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Appropriate Bets Borrowed Cash Companies Considered Daredevil Debts Dull Few Hand Least Long Lots Might Money Only Outstanding Risky Safe Stock Stocks Those Were

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The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.

~Charles Handy

Topics: Ability Call Companies Excellence Give Growth Happy Just Longest Make Money Others Out People Respect Respect For Others Some Soul Survive Things Those Uniquely Work Work Out World

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I came out of school just at the time regional theater was first expanding. All of a sudden, lots of new companies needed actors.

~Charles Kimbrough

Topics: Actor Came Companies Expanding First Just Lots Needed New Out Regional School Sudden Theater Time I Came

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The best way to make money is to have more economic freedom, which is why we are one of the very few large companies that are consistently for it.

~Charles Koch

Topics: Best Best Way Companies Consistently Economic Economic Freedom Few Freedom Large Make Money More Very Way Which Why

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Koch companies employ 60,000 Americans, who make many thousands of products that Americans want and need.

~Charles Koch

Topics: American Companies Employ Make Many Need Products Thousands Want Who

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