Elmer Fudd always said: “Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits.”

It's actually a genius sales technique. But it's also subtle.

We all want to be the big game hunter in the office. The numbers are large and the commissions are larger. So why does it make more sense to hunt rabbits instead of elephants?

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