Loss Aversion: Why ‘What You’ll Gain’ Doesn’t Work
Losses hurt 2-2.5x more than equivalent gains. This single finding from Kahneman and Tversky should change how you sell - but almost nobody applies it.
5 min readWhere the comfortable assumptions about B2B revenue go to die.
Losses hurt 2-2.5x more than equivalent gains. This single finding from Kahneman and Tversky should change how you sell - but almost nobody applies it.
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You are not fighting the client. You are fighting 200,000 years of evolutionary programming.
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The Nobel Prize-winning research on status quo bias and the endowment effect explains the force that kills more deals than any competitor ever could.
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A neuroscientist proved that without emotion, your buyer literally cannot make a decision. Every ROI spreadsheet you've ever built missed this.
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Humans judge competence, trustworthiness, and likability in one-tenth of a second. Your buyer has decided something about you before you've opened your mouth.
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The six principles of influence are in every sales training. But when salespeople try to weaponize them, something breaks.
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In 1966, a social psychologist proved that competent people become more likable after making a mistake. Every sales training that tells you to lead with strength has it backwards.
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When people feel their freedom of choice is threatened, they push back. The harder you push, the harder they resist. This should be required reading for anyone in sales.
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Kahneman and Tversky's Prospect Theory changed economics forever. Sales didn't notice.
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