“In its simplest form, the tenets of the entire Assimilation System can be boiled down to the three Rs of retention: Return, Relationships and Responsibility. When those first-time guests walked through your door, your initial goal was to earn return visits from them. When they did return, your goal evolved. You wanted to introduce them to environments and situations that would encourage them to build relationships…Now that they have made some friends and become regular attenders, your thinking must once again shift – this time from Relationships to Responsibility.” – Nelson Searcy
(the above quote is from p. 134 of Fusion by Nelson Searcy)
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