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                                          When deciding to invest time and effort to change your buyer
                                         relationships, our own preferences and biases inevitably play a
                                         part. We naturally prefer working with people we like, and we         video
                                         have a tendency to ignore or play down the views and importance
                                        of people we do not like. See section 6 – Bias, for more on our
                                        natural biases and how these can affect our behavior.

                                                                                                                Learn
                                                                                                                Why
                                       To mitigate the impact of bias and develop a more comprehensive,
                                       objective and balanced view of relationship opportunities, it pays
                                       to consider the following characteristics of individual buyers:
                                                                                                                Learn
                                       • motivation                                                            Explain
                                       • type
                                       • role
                                       • pressures
                                                                                                              toolbox

               Motivation


               Price and value are key drivers of behavior and impact the depth of relationship buyers'
               seek.



























                               Depth of relationship









                                        Price-              Deal-             Value-
                                        busters           hunters            buyers













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