[pic] Which Customers Are Worth Keeping and Which Ones Aren’t? Managerial Uses of CLV Roy Cardiff runs a mail-order business that tracks sales to each customer. He recently decided to cut costs by curtailing catalogs to those customers who are least likely to buy from him in the future. His customers break down into three categories: those who made several small purchases throughout the past year; those who made a single purchase but for a much larger amount‚ and those who have had a long but
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“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it”. (Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech on Freedom from Fear) “Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the people” Disraeli Benjamin. However‚ the reality is somewhat different. History has led us to conclusions where those in power dominated over the weaker ones and used their supremacy to carry out immoral actions. Keeping such views
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The Power of Context Paper Most people would believe that we are shaped and defined by our values and moral character. However‚ Malcolm Gladwell argues‚ in the chapter “The Power of Context‚ Bernie Goetz and the Rise and Fall of New York City Crime” In other words‚ The Power of Context is the social setting and or the environment around you and how it affects your behavior. Anticipating resistance from the reader Gladwell uses rhetorical strategies such as real life examples‚ controlled experiments
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“darkness inside a cloud” (Selection 2). The power of metaphor is utilized throughout the world of language on a daily basis to clarify‚ explain‚ and act as a moral instrument. Metaphor can be described‚ as it was by Cynthia Ozick‚ author of The Shawl‚ as “the mind’s opposable thumb”: just as one cannot grasp objects without an opposable thumb‚ one can also not write successfully without the aid of metaphor (Selection 1). Metaphor evidently has great power in literature; it can define a problem‚ stimulate
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“The power of the mind” The Human Mind is a very unique gift Heavenly Father has given us. It is the most powerful and precious gift ever given to any living thing that have ever walked and that will yet to walk the earth in the years ahead. The mind alone stands out from anything. It has the power to make the invisible visible and the undoable doable. 100 years back‚ human kind would never believed nor willing to entertain the idea of traveling from one country to another using the sky as
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The Revolution of Women’s Power Feminine politicians‚ doctors and scholars become more and more active as time passes by. Now women’s roles are more eclectic and assorted‚ revealing the rise of feminism. Tracking back to an earlier era‚ women’s lives were not substantial and did not flourish like this. Their powers were extremely limited in the mid 19th century compared to modern society. As the famous political thinker De Tocqueville stated: “American women never manage the outward
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The Power of Thought Dmitri Staicov Professor Serguey Ivanov RLG 200a New Age Spirituality April 28‚ 2008 Introduction “Whatever a mind can conceive‚ it can achieve.” W. Clement Stone (1902-2002) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t‚ either way you are right.” Henry Ford (1863-1947) People have been exploring their thoughts for thousands of years. They were always curious about the structure of their brain and
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How would you feel about yourself if you were a well-respected figure in society‚ but also on the run from the government? In The Power and the Glory‚ Graham Greene presents to the audience a priest‚ who one would think is perfect‚ but this well written novel contradicts that idea. The priest in Greene’s novel is viewed as an important‚ well-loved figure in society‚ but with his given past of treason‚ he begins to look down upon himself‚ while others still look upon him for faith. Throughout the
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TRAN HUE CHI Girl power! Boys and girls are co-existent in this world. They both have their own potential to make changes to our world. Boys (men) with their strength can do many masculine tasks which are usually considered important and crucial. Therefore‚ they are dominant to girls in many positions. Girls are believed to have less power and abilities than boys. However‚ as the new 21st century has begun‚ this perception changes. Girls (later are women) in have more power. They can do many things
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Introduction "Laughter is the best medicine." This saying has been transmitted generation after generation. They say‚ every human being is entitled since birth to have a right and a privilege to laugh explosively‚ show mirth‚ joy‚ or even scorn with a smile and chuckle. It has been a natural part of life that is innate and inborn. Even the infants maximize their birthright of smiling and enormously laughing at the early stage of their lives. Studies and researches show that laughter is a
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