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Figure 1 The 20 Emotions That Drive or Destroy Value I have covered individual emotions before, so I won’t get into the details here. However, this graphic demonstrates that being specific about customeremotions is essential. Thinking about customeremotions as “positive” or “negative” isn’t enough.
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