You're a genius. Your approach would have landed him a job real quick. Thanks for the quick valuable lesson

Excellent point. Well demonstrated.

Question. Did you mean Army Sargent? If so it is spelt incorrectly letting the side down just a little. Kx

great post dude!

i really like this small "i´ll-show-you-everything-in-a-nutshell,-with-pictures" posts.

keep on rocking!

As long as the job doesn't involve spelling :-)

Great example of getting out of the ME mindset. If, and I say if, he had a telephone then a telephone number would have been good too.

Wow! Love this, great text!

Ahhhhh... the power of words ~ makes me smile! Great post Neville - glad I stumbled on your stuff :-)

It is a great lesson here. Many people use a Victim Role to try to get others to help them. It is a bad habit if you really want to thrive.

Hahah this is good!

Awesome! :O)

A hilarious presentation of the truth, as always :)!

Trying sooooooooooo hard to resist pointing out that the word isn't spelt sargent either......I guess I failed

Good stuff -

Spelling mistakes improve conversion rates....didn't you say that in the 'kourse' Neville?

I have a theory for why this is...if anybody's interested.......

Spelling mistakes act like a punctuation mark on steroids.

When I'm reading some copy and I come across a spelling mistake it makes me stop to think about what the word should. Sometimes even re-read the whole paragraph to check it makes sense...From the copywriter's point of view he/she is drilling their pitch into my head, helping me to engage with what they've writen, remember it, act on it.

NOT only that, it disarms people and makes them feel good about themselves, they're the clever one, they spotted the 'mistake'.......

...Thanks again for all the super interesting stuff dude :)

Take care.

Thank you for sharing this insight. I will no longer get annoyed when people correct the spelling mistakes of others. Instead, I can giggle at the whole thing, knowing they've been secretly engaged at a deeper level by the copywriter. It will be like an inside joke for me. Nice! :-).

Well, he can always claim that's how it's spelled in Spanish ;-)

Plus, we don't know WHO he fought for 3 years for!!!!

It might irk some employers to find out he was an Oberleutnant in the 2nd Panzer Division....

'writen' - saw that before your comment about finding the mitsake in your post. ;-}

I agree with everyone above. Awesome, straight-to-the-point, post. I still wouldn't hire the guy though. haha

No... it's Army Seagent... A Gentleman of the Sea. Very important position. Real high level stuff.

Agreed! I actually fired an otherwise talented person because of his overuse of Victimization and that ME mentality. I thought it was quite annoying. One thing you should always remember: it's the employer's CHOICE to pay you. So be make that choice easier for him. Giving you money to do something is no different from giving money to buy an iPad. Sell yourself and people WILL want to buy.

Thank you Tony :)

Bahahah......I mispelled it mainly because I'm stupid :-)

Thanks Lukas! I'll do more for ya

Hahaha....I love how my typo got the most attention :)

Thanks Sanja!