{"id":46,"date":"2012-07-13T18:12:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wensmedia.com\/\/salesarchive\/permalink\/2012\/7\/13\/141201.html"},"modified":"2012-07-13T18:12:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T18:12:01","slug":"a-helping-hand-vs-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/uncategorized\/a-helping-hand-vs-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"A Helping Hand vs Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">A Helping Hand vs. Risk<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You have probably heard me say, &ldquo;All decisions originate in the heart and are only rationalized in the head.&rdquo; We use several colourful stories to illustrate that quote in our presentation to persuade advertisers about the emotional pulling power of broadcast advertising in their media mix. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But the heart and the head are often at odds with each other. I recently made a heartfelt decision to hire a person, to give them a helping hand and a second chance.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I had known them to be successful in their past, but I was also acutely aware that since that initial success they had made some poor choices that impacted their career negatively.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But as we told advertisers in one of our recent SoundADvice marketing tips, <i>&ldquo;Emotions often trump logic,&rdquo;<\/i> &nbsp;the mind does find ways to rationalize a <i>need<\/i>&rsquo; in what our heart <i>wants<\/i> us to do.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I justified hiring this person, in part, because I do believe in helping others and giving people a second chance. But I also rationalized it because in the past, the loyalty and effort I have received in return for my humanitarian actions has often come back to me in spades. So I told my heart, and my business partner Angela, my decision was &lsquo;logical.&rsquo; <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In one recent case, the decision I made from the heart and rationalized from my head was very disagreeable with the standard practices I uphold within my company. &nbsp;It was a huge mistake that cost me financially and perhaps tainted my reputation as an astute business consultant.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Will I ever take another risk?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Probably.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&rsquo;m not ready to give up on helping people when I can, although I&rsquo;ll certainly be more judicious in my rationalization process in the future. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This experience certainly validates what we&rsquo;ve been telling advertisers, &ldquo;The heart really is more powerful than the head.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A Helping Hand vs. Risk &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You have probably heard me say, &ldquo;All decisions originate in the heart and are only rationalized in the head.&rdquo; We use several colourful stories to illustrate that quote in our presentation to persuade advertisers about the emotional pulling power of broadcast advertising in their media mix. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}