{"id":11141,"date":"2016-08-28T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T13:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=11141"},"modified":"2016-08-28T06:30:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T13:30:33","slug":"one-severed-ear-is-as-good-for-your-sales-as-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/one-severed-ear-is-as-good-for-your-sales-as-another\/","title":{"rendered":"One Severed Ear Is As Good For Your Sales As Another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I admit it:<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite \u201cguilty pleasure\u201d movies is called \u201cBlue Velvet\u201d by a director named David Lynch. It basically is about a guy who comes home from college to care for his dad who just had a heart attack. While walking in a field he finds a severed ear. 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