Book excerpt: Alan Langer invented the word “Riptatrustaphobia” to describe a peculiar syndrome. Folks afflicted with this disease believe salespeople will inevitably try to cheat them. Langer offers “Seven Secrets” salespeople can use to cure this malady, win customers’ trust and make more sales. His welcome, witty manual is free of jargon and unnecessary detail. He shows salespeople how to increase their sales by understanding their customers (he includes helpful hints on reading body language) and putting their interests first and foremost. This officially licensed summary of The 7 Secrets to Selling More by Selling Less was produced by getAbstract, the world's largest provider of book summaries. getAbstract works with hundreds of the best publishers to find and summarize the most relevant content out there. Find out more at getabstract.com.