When Bob Cialdini was a senior in high school, he was really good at baseball. Good enough that a scout (球探) 1 at his last game of the year, and offered him a 2 to play in the minor leagues.
The scout then had a 3 with him. "‘So tell me something. Are you any good at school?"' Cialdini recalled him asking. "I said, ‘Yes, I am.' He said, ‘Good enough to get into 4 ?' ‘Yes, I am.'"
He pushed Cialdini about his interest in college, asking him if he 5 academic work. When Cialdini said he did, the scout put the contract away.
"He said, ‘Go to 6 because most likely, you won't get to the major leagues (职业体育总会). But what you've told me is that you're 7 at something you really like. That should be where you go.'"
Cialdini 8 the scout's advice. Instead of pursuing professional baseball, he went to college. It 9 : he became a well-known psychology researcher on the science of influence.
Decades later, Cialdini is still 10 by the way the scout looked out for his best 11 . Cialdini shared the scout's 12 with his students, as they make major 13 about what to do next in life.
"Don't just go where your 14 is," he tells them. "Go where you have the 15 to realize the dream."
