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How Customers Come to Think of a Product as an Extension of Themselves

Harvard Business Review

Both of these tactics should elicit feelings of ownership. Star Wars fans are notorious for their psychological ownership of a film franchise they know intimately. Realtors offer customers virtual reality tours of hard-to-visit homes, with the additional option to virtually customize a home they are considering.

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Reinvigorate Your Career by Taking the Right Kind of Risk

Harvard Business Review

Craig Hatkoff, now a successful investor, philanthropist, and cofounder of the Tribeca Film Festival, was then fresh out of business school, working for Chemical Bank, and about to lose his job. If you’re a manager, consider unconventional hiring as a deliberate tactic to shake up your business.

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