| Many people try to incorporate many tools in | | | | serve as a double edge sword that makes |
| their life to achieve a higher rate of | | | | people wonder about how honest an individual |
| success in the business world. They surround | | | | is. An accountant might be considered a wise |
| themselves with the right people who have | | | | investor if they had purchased a mid-sized |
| access to the right connections and prefer to | | | | automobile, but if the same person chose to |
| purchase cars that make a powerful social | | | | buy an expensive luxury car that exceeded the |
| statement without being brought into the | | | | income they made, people might think that the |
| conversation at a dinner party or anywhere | | | | books were being adjusted to allow the person |
| else for that matter. | | | | to make such a high car payment each month. |
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| The car that a person chooses to drive will | | | | Any person can own an attractive automobile |
| reflect many things about the driver and | | | | and impress many people with the interior |
| business people know this and make their | | | | features and colorful exteriors. That |
| automobile selections accordingly. Some young | | | | positive social statement can be instantly |
| business executives might choose to buy an | | | | ruined if the person is not the type who |
| automobile that seems fashionable but does | | | | schedules the new car to be cleaned and |
| not fit with the personality of the driver. | | | | detailed on a regular basis. Any automobile |
| The car may be out of salary range and could | | | | that presents a dirty appearance will reflect |
| upstage the person from receiving a raise or | | | | negatively on a car owner because people |
| promotion. | | | | might choose to believe that the person is |
| | | | too lazy to make such decisions. |
| This is a critical flaw that many young | | | | |
| executives make because bosses recognize the | | | | The most powerful statement that anyone can |
| character difference almost immediately and | | | | make with the cars that they drive is to |
| know that the car is a bad choice and this | | | | treat the car with a sense of loving. People |
| error will not go unnoticed. While making a | | | | love to hear stories about the people that |
| dramatic social statement, it might also come | | | | they met at the carwash. This tells people |
| across as an error in judgment that makes a | | | | that the car is well taken care of and that |
| boss begin to wonder what other mistakes the | | | | the car owner is a sociable and very friendly |
| person has made that have not come to their | | | | person who will do well in the corporate |
| attention yet. | | | | world because they are willing to take |
| | | | reasonable chances and will be likely to make |
| Not only can a new car make a powerful | | | | a good impression on future clients. |
| statement about a person, but it can also | | | | |