Technique #30 Don’t Touch a Cliché with a Ten-Foot Pole

Be on guard. Don't use any clichés when chatting with

big winners. Don't even touch one with a ten-foot pole.

Never? Not even when hell freezes over? Not unless you

want to sound dumb as a doorknob.

Instead of coughing up a cliché, roll your own

clever phrases by using the next technique.