An executive hirer, a "head-hunter" who goes out and hires corporation
executives for other firms, once told me, "When I get an executive that
I'm trying to hire for someone else, I like to disarm him. I offer him a
drink, take my coat off, then my vest, undo my tie, throw up my feet and
talk about baseball, football, family, whatever, until he's all relaxed.
Then, when I think I've got him relaxed, I lean over, look him square in
the eye and say, "What's your purpose in life?" It's amazing how top
executives fall apart at that question.
"Well, I was interviewing this fellow the other day, had him all
disarmed, with my feet up on his desk, talking about football. Then I
leaned up and said, 'What's your purpose in life, Bob?' And he said,
without blinking an eye, 'To go to heaven and take as many people with
me as I can.' For the first time in my career I was speechless."
Josh McDowell
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