"Mark, when you see the next person you believe is truly in the can't-afford-it category, who would love to buy a tree from you but just doesn't have the money, invite them to take a tree home and suggest they pay you when they can. Just write down your name and phone number on a sheet of paper and tell them you know they just forgot their wallet and that they'll be good for it."

最後，小孩子跟著父親說的那樣去主動借貸。他送出了十顆聖誕樹，有六位"顧客"最後都有償還欠他的金錢，最遲的那位也在三月十七日付回欠款。後來，小孩子的父親過身，一位曾買霸王聖誕樹的顧客便聘請這位小孩子在自己的鞋店賣鞋，以感謝他在自己潦倒時的槺概。

這位小朋友現在已經是一家公司的CEO(http://www.msco.com/)。

終極的銷售原來很簡單，就是先不計較在別人有需要的時候給他們最需要的東西，讓別人欠你一個不可不還的人情債。任何的銷售技巧都不及一個真誠的心。心是商業社會中最缺乏因而最有市場的東西。