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Stage Capturing: Taking advantage of somebody else’s stage for your advantage (without permission from that somebody)

Enjoy the story:

The Opportunity

Tim sent a note to a few dozen friends promoting his new book. One of the recipients, Bob quickly responded to all promoting his own book to the list. Bob thought that he used the opportunity to demonstrate his “thought leadership” while the people in the list only saw “desperation.”

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Note:

1. A mini saga is a story told in exactly 50 words. Not 49 or 51 but exactly 50.

2. You can download a photographic manifesto of Mini Sagas at ChangeThis. Here is the link – Mini Sagas: Bite-sized Wisdom for Life and Business (PDF, 2.9MB).

3. For a complete list of Mini Sagas, please see the entire list here.