To Make You Think

To Make You Think
Einstein & Me

Thursday, October 7, 2010

No one wants a free lunch.. .

That was my conclusion today, since I had invited and given away several complimentary spaces to a workshop I had planned to hold. It would have been a series to show people the significance of keeping loyal customers, compared to just 'satisfied' customers-- and especially trying to always find 'new customers'.

well. . NOT One person showed up. nice restaurant; Wichita Old Town. The waiter assigned to our group and I had some great conversation and I thought first of the New Testament parable of the rich man who held a banquet and no one came. so he went out into the streets and brought in the poor and beggars to his banquet-- and they probably appreciated it.
What did I/can I learn?
a. people are suspicious of free lunch?
b. business people think their busy lives are greater priority than learning more efficient ways to create profits?
c. they don't value training?
d. they are lazy?

I'm baffled.
LM