Robert Ringer
American entrepreneur and motivational speakerWikipedia
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Sep 20, 2026
John MorganHOST
If you want help with the problem, take your complaint to somebody who can help you, not somebody whose only contribution is to agree with you.
John MorganHOST
Robert J. Ringer wrote a popular book in the 1970s called Looking Out for Number One.
John MorganHOST
One of the memorable phrases in that book was, a clerk is a jerk.
John MorganHOST
Now, on the surface, that might sound like a put-down of a store employee, but that wasn't his point.
Wes SchaefferHOST
It's to take away his will to fight.
Wes SchaefferHOST
You know, and so psychological warfare, whatever you want to call it, you know, can you put them under siege? Can you just show up overwhelmingly? Have you heard of Robert Ringer, an older guy who wrote a book called Winning Through Intimidation? No.
Krista MashoreGUEST
No.
Wes SchaefferHOST
He was in real estate, commercial real estate in, I don't even know, 60s, 70s.
Kevin LefcoeGUEST
With people who, by the way, don't need my money.
Kevin LefcoeGUEST
You know, they're – I mean, you know, having been in the real estate business now for 42-plus years – I can tell you that no matter who you're dealing with, and this comes right out of that book I showed you called Winning Through Intimidation by Robert Ringer.
Kevin LefcoeGUEST
It's an older book.
Kevin LefcoeGUEST
I'm pretty sure it's out of print.
Allen StareHOST
Certainly helped me.
Donna StareHOST
Winning Through Intimidation is a book by American author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker Robert J. Ringer.
Allen StareHOST
It's his first book.
Allen StareHOST
It was published in 1973.