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CHARLEY MITCHELL - A Salesman's Dream
When he started with the national company, its staff consisted of a typist, a clerk and an errand boy. Mitchell sent out his salesmen in all directions. He preached at them, bullied them, bribed them. And above all, he held over their heads threat of dismissal if they failed to meet their quotas. As you can imagine, charley mitchell was a terrifying person to work for. His motivational speech sounded as if atilla the hun had coupled with one of the borgias to create their own nero.
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