布鲁金斯学会以培养世界上最杰出的推销员著称于世。学会有一个传统:在每期学员毕业时,设计一道最能休现推销能力的实习题让学生去完成。这次学会出了一道题目:请把一把老斧子推销给布什总统。许多学员知难而退。他们认为:现在的总统什么都不缺少,就是他需要购买,也不一定正赶上你去推销的时候。然而一位名叫乔治·赫伯特的学员却取得了成功。他知道布什总统在得克萨斯州有一个农场,于是给总统 The Brookings Institute is known to nurture the best salespeople in the world. Learn to have a tradition: At the end of each trainee, design an internship that best describes your marketing ability so that students can do it. This time learned a topic: Please sell an old ax to President Bush. Many students know how to quit. They think: Now the president is nothing short, that is, he needs to buy, do not necessarily catch up with you to sell. However, a student named George Herbert has achieved success. He knew President Bush had a farm in Texas and gave it to the president