For the rest of the month, we'll be sharing daily Employment Tips from our book excerpt in Penthouse:
Here are not only some real-world employment tips, but also ways that the modern con man lifestyle can come in handy after you've punched out.
Car Salesman:
"Everyone knows we've marked up prices, but no one knows how much. So I can keep repeating 'the absolute lowest I can go' as much as I want. I'll even go lower than 'my absolute lowest' just for you. I make you feel like you're getting a deal – an insane deal, a deal in which I'm barely making anything anymore – when in fact I'm totally not sweating it. I do this sort of thing all the time."
Tip to the Modern Con Man:
"You gotta say you don't want to do something even if you do. Or pretend you can't do something even when you're planning on doing it anyway... like, 'You're only free on Thursday? Shoot, I already had plans for Thursday... but you know what? I don't want to miss this chance. So let me see if I can reschedule my other thing...' Do it with a smile, of course. You're happy to please. If you're happy to please others, they be happy to please you. People feel indebted when you seem to bend for them. So loosen up. My tip to you, whenever you can, pretend to bend."
Tomorrow: A Door-to-Door Salesman stops by.
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"Meet the King of NY Con Men"
- NY Post
- NY Post
"What's Hot Now"
- InStyle Magazine
"A handy, illustrated manual for would-be artists of deception!"
- The New York Observer
"Delightful for both the prankster and the mark."
- BoingBoing
"Get your con on!"
- The Guide/LA Times
"The craftiest grifters working today."
- Chaos.com
"A Must Read"
- The Real Hustle, TruTV
- Eric Garcia, author (Matchstick Men)
"Get your con on!"
- The Guide/LA Times
"The craftiest grifters working today."
- Chaos.com
"A Must Read"
- The Real Hustle, TruTV
"Aims to effect a renaissance in these peculiarly American dark arts... with a modern twist."
- Metromix
"Since I began putting the information inside THE MODERN CON MAN to good use, I have made $12,568 and lost 7 friends, and all this in only 36 hours. Totally worth it. This book may not make you smarter or more handsome, but it sure as hell will make you a lot more interesting — and dangerous — to hang out with." - Eric Garcia, author (Matchstick Men)
"The Master Deceptionist!"
- Stuff Magazine
- Stuff Magazine
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Who is Todd Robbins?
In addition to being America's #1 Con Man, Todd Robbins has a long list of other accomplishments ... a goodly number of them legal. You may have seen him on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, or Late Night with Conan O'Brien. But it's just as likely you've never heard of him - because Todd is a well-known authority and practitioner of all things deceptive.
Todd also uses his skills in more offbeat ways. He was one of the more successful participants in an underground experiment known as The Urban Survival Project. Individuals were dropped off in major cities without a dime in their pocket and left to live by their wits for a week. At the end of the seven days, Todd had not missed a single meal, was living in a nice hotel and had almost five hundred dollars on his person.
Additional praise for Todd Robbins includes "A legend!" (New York Post), "The Flim-Flam Maestro" (New York Magazine) and "The Master of Old-World Deception" (New York Newsday).
Todd also uses his skills in more offbeat ways. He was one of the more successful participants in an underground experiment known as The Urban Survival Project. Individuals were dropped off in major cities without a dime in their pocket and left to live by their wits for a week. At the end of the seven days, Todd had not missed a single meal, was living in a nice hotel and had almost five hundred dollars on his person.
Additional praise for Todd Robbins includes "A legend!" (New York Post), "The Flim-Flam Maestro" (New York Magazine) and "The Master of Old-World Deception" (New York Newsday).
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