“She tells us… smile while you dial… because if you smile, sound upbeat… that’s how you hook them.”

Planet Money · We try to fix election polling (update)

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Instruct callers to smile while dialing

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“I think I figured out why we cracked it… you were telling me a funny story… I was already smiling when I was dialing. That's the secret.”
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Said on Planet Money
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“When we're really busy, we move through the callers, particularly this time of the morning, pretty swiftly when the callers are there.”
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Said on Australia Overnight
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“If you imagine… a pain dial… focusing on pain turns it up, distraction turns it down… once you know you can put your hand on that dial you take your power back.”
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Said on Hidden Brain
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“I would go down to the mall and I would sing songs until each homeless person that I was in front of would smile.”
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