Comments on: Winning—the simple secret http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/winning%e2%80%94the-simple-secret/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:38:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: michael webster http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/winning%e2%80%94the-simple-secret/#comment-261 michael webster Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:45:58 +0000 http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-261 Gerry writes: "Our worst enemy is our own species. We have the ability to lie to and cheat our own and to thereby seriously injure or destroy each other. But we are also equipped with what I call “psychic feelers” that tell us when someone is attempting to deceive us. We can be hoodwinked for a day or two." That is a neat statement about more than jury trials. In the last ten years, I have interviewed over 500 individuals who have lost money in either a franchise or biz op fraud. Without fail, their psychic feeler detected the fraud, but then they thought there "way to any decision." Usually the wrong one! Very much like the SC example. Worth thinking on. Gerry writes: “Our worst enemy is our own species. We have the ability to lie to and cheat our own and to thereby seriously injure or destroy each other.

But we are also equipped with what I call “psychic feelers” that tell us when someone is attempting to deceive us.

We can be hoodwinked for a day or two.”

That is a neat statement about more than jury trials.

In the last ten years, I have interviewed over 500 individuals who have lost money in either a franchise or biz op fraud.

Without fail, their psychic feeler detected the fraud, but then they thought there “way to any decision.” Usually the wrong one!

Very much like the SC example. Worth thinking on.

]]> By: Defending People: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer Mark Bennett's Blog http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/winning%e2%80%94the-simple-secret/#comment-224 Defending People: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer Mark Bennett's Blog Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:56:08 +0000 http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-224 [...] all started with Gerry Spence’s The Simple Secret of Winning post. Manhattan Paladin Scott Greenfield was inspired to make fun of Spence’s formula for [...] [...] all started with Gerry Spence’s The Simple Secret of Winning post. Manhattan Paladin Scott Greenfield was inspired to make fun of Spence’s formula for [...]

]]> By: Micheal C. Flessas http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/winning%e2%80%94the-simple-secret/#comment-222 Micheal C. Flessas Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:29:02 +0000 http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-222 Glad to see you have a blog Mr. Spence. I've read most all your books. Glad to see you have a blog Mr. Spence. I’ve read most all your books.

]]> By: Glen R. Graham http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/winning%e2%80%94the-simple-secret/#comment-206 Glen R. Graham Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:24:20 +0000 http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-206 Some things that can affect credibility include the ability of powerful parties to use methods of investigation that can seem over-powering. New technology is available to intercept email, cell phone calls, surveillance, GPS tracking, etc. Many people seem to forget that all telephone calls from a jail are recorded and saved for use later. All letters in and out are also saved. Trash surveillance and computer hacking is possible. Sophisticated surveillance (sometimes illegal) is available to record conversations that people believe are confidential. The power of the government and others to obtain wire taps, cell phone records, GPS tracking, computer hacking, email records, all computer hard-drive revelations, and the possibility of access to computer searches on search engines (some searches are saved at the search engine center), and advancing technology ---- can compromise credibility and privacy. Even cell phones can become video camera's now. Point the right technology in the right direction and you can over-hear conversations. I am not advocating these methods, but necessity requires me to advise people of their actual existence and the easy availabilty of this technology. Still, people in jail call me collect and want to discuss the case while we are being recorded. Some will discuss their cases with their family while being recorded. Some things that can affect credibility include the ability of powerful parties to use methods of investigation that can seem over-powering. New technology is available to intercept email, cell phone calls, surveillance, GPS tracking, etc.
Many people seem to forget that all telephone calls from a jail are recorded and saved for use later. All letters in and out are also saved. Trash surveillance and computer hacking is possible.
Sophisticated surveillance (sometimes illegal) is available to record conversations that people believe are confidential. The power of the government and others to obtain wire taps, cell phone records, GPS tracking, computer hacking, email records, all computer hard-drive revelations, and the possibility of access to computer searches on search engines (some searches are saved at the search engine center), and advancing technology —- can compromise credibility and privacy. Even cell phones can become video camera’s now. Point the right technology in the right direction and you can over-hear conversations. I am not advocating these methods, but necessity requires me to advise people of their actual existence and the easy availabilty of this technology. Still, people in jail call me collect and want to discuss the case while we are being recorded. Some will discuss their cases with their family while being recorded.

]]> By: Paul http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/winning%e2%80%94the-simple-secret/#comment-204 Paul Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:59:13 +0000 http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-204 Gerry: I really appreciate your writing this blog and sharing your thoughts with us. It is your insight that makes me a better person, lawyer and friend. Even the downtrotten, the lowly and the beguiled have to have effective representation. I want to aspire to that level, to give of myself freely so that others may benefit. I represent individuals who can not pay money to have representation in the courts today and why shouldn't they have the best of my abilities just like the individual who could pay unlimited money for my services. It is all about credibility and most lawyers don't have that quality. Hope you keep writing, I'll keep reading. Paul Gerry:
I really appreciate your writing this blog and sharing your thoughts with us. It is your insight that makes me a better person, lawyer and friend. Even the downtrotten, the lowly and the beguiled have to have effective representation. I want to aspire to that level, to give of myself freely so that others may benefit. I represent individuals who can not pay money to have representation in the courts today and why shouldn’t they have the best of my abilities just like the individual who could pay unlimited money for my services. It is all about credibility and most lawyers don’t have that quality. Hope you keep writing, I’ll keep reading.

Paul

]]> By: Norm Pattis http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/winning%e2%80%94the-simple-secret/#comment-203 Norm Pattis Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:33:40 +0000 http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-203 My wife and I acquired two border colliers three and a half years ago. The dogs have changed me in ways that nothing I have ever read has. There is plenty to learn from dogs. My wife and I acquired two border colliers three and a half years ago. The dogs have changed me in ways that nothing I have ever read has. There is plenty to learn from dogs.

]]> By: Dana http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/winning%e2%80%94the-simple-secret/#comment-202 Dana Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:20:15 +0000 http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-202 As a young tree in the great forest, my emotional response to your most recent posting moves me to recall your insightful comment: "One can stand as the greatest orator the world has known, possess the quickest mind, employ the cleverest psychology, and have mastered all the technical devices of argument, but if one is not credible one might just as well preach to the pelicans." Both, leave me with a stronger conviction to listen to my "psychic feelers." Take your time - with a dog walk slowly, see, smell, hear, touch, taste, and appreciate. As a young tree in the great forest, my emotional response to your most recent posting moves me to recall your insightful comment: “One can stand as the greatest orator the world has known, possess the quickest mind, employ the cleverest psychology, and have mastered all the technical devices of argument, but if one is not credible one might just as well preach to the pelicans.”

Both, leave me with a stronger conviction to listen to my “psychic feelers.” Take your time – with a dog walk slowly, see, smell, hear, touch, taste, and appreciate.

]]> By: April http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/winning%e2%80%94the-simple-secret/#comment-201 April Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:19:28 +0000 http://gerryspence.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-201 I find it astonishing that you've been called "too superficial." My impression is that your approach is to dig as deeply as possible to get to the truth. I find it astonishing that you’ve been called “too superficial.” My impression is that your approach is to dig as deeply as possible to get to the truth.

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