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Former Skeptics Can Be Your Best Spokespeople

Harvard Business Review

Brands can use this approach in advertising — as long as it is authentic. Graves: Social and behavioral scientists caution that you must be careful when you use the “convert communicator” tactic. And the anguish of the convert is real because the people are real.

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Making the Choice Between Money and Meaning

Harvard Business Review

And why does a top hedge fund manager "earn" enough to pay for thousands of teachers? Remind me: why is an average investment banker worth, say, a hundred times as much as an average teacher? Is there a trade-off between meaning and money? And if there is, how does one master — and perhaps — resolve it? Can it be resolved?

Sharpe 17
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Making the Choice Between Money and Meaning

Harvard Business Review

And why does a top hedge fund manager "earn" enough to pay for thousands of teachers? Remind me: why is an average investment banker is worth, say, a hundred times as much as an average teacher? Is there a trade-off between meaning and money? And if there is, how does one master — and perhaps — resolve it? Can it be resolved?

Sharpe 8