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Wanna be a multi-billionaire?

You can get hundred of these.

This 250,000,000 Zimbabwe dollar cost less than 1 cent now, it might go even lower in the future.

posted by Wui-Ping @ 2:47 PM Comments: 0

How to bluff

1. You can quote real institute
This data was taken from MIT, Harvard University, Ministry of environment etc...

2. Use authority figures
Professor Stephen Jones said(you can always use fake name with a title), the Chief of Defense force said, the president of USA said etc....

3. Put in exact figures
Somehow when exact figure are placed in, it is more believable.
Eg. In the year 1963, it was found that 42.3% of the people in the whole world are suffering from some form of depression. But by the year 2003, that figure had increase to 78.5%.
Doesn't that sound real?

Eg. Somewhere in the 60s, less than half of the people in the world are suffering from depression; but a few years ago, it had increased much more.
Not as real, right?

4. Mix fact with fiction
It will be more believable if you combine what is real with what is not.
Eg. During the great depression(real event), it was also a time where the rat population in America reach the highest(bluff). It is due to the poor hygienic condition. (You can justify yourself, more bluff)
It becomes believable because great depression is truly a time where people are poor and going through difficult situation.

5. Don't quote from recent history
People can recall better if incident happen very recently, but usually after a few years, people start forgetting details. It will be much harder to find data/information on event that happen long ago too.

6. Know your audience
Don't try to bluff anyone who knows a great deal about what you are going to say.
Don't talk to a pilot about aircraft, don't talk to a pet shop owner about how dog breed etc...

7. Writing vs Saying
Human being have the tendency to believe more on things that are written rather than spoken. It helps even more if the printing is nice and professional.

8. Your grammar, spelling and vocabulary is important
It becomes much less credible when it is written in bad english. It is often perceived that fact will be presented in a professional way, and will be edited over and over again to perfection.

9. Be confident
Don't ever doubt what you are saying. It is real!

10. Know some professional lingo, industry terms
It always help to use some lingo, words from that industry you are going to bluff. It makes you sound like an expert in that area.
Eg. The brilliant Monetary and Fiscal policies implemented during the Great depression greatly improve the GDP within that couple of years.

So... why am I writing about this?

posted by Wui-Ping @ 2:12 PM Comments: 0