You get a request for a presentation on a topic similar to yours. You figure that with your background, education and a little research, you could put together a great talk. So you say, “Yes.”
You start by going online to research the topic. To find out what others have written about your new topic, you go to Amazon or Barnes & Noble after you researched the online material, because sometimes you just need the book. Since you want to put your hands on the actual book it’s off to the actual bookstore. The store shows one of each of three books in stock. You search by the author’s last name in the general area. No luck! On any of them! Well, that can’t be right so you search again. Still no books. Ugh! You head back home and online again.
You search again and find a few more books. This time you notice a used book available – at $2.50. It says in like-new condition. Yeah, right – for $2.50? You find another used title for $4.50 – again the like-new label. A third at $5.50. I wonder about “like-new.” I know what my used books look like – all highlighted and marked up.
I went through this exact scenario. All of the books arrived early, one within three days! They were in great shape! The first book filled in all the holes in my existing knowledge – for $2.50!
Conclusion: I got three books for the price of one (free speech remember?), delivered quickly, in great shape, full of info, enabling me to confidently deliver a (new) presentation.
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