You've almost certainly heard people say this many times: “Well, you know it’s just a numbers game.” They usually mean that the more you play, the greater your chances of winning, but the insinuation is also that the quality isn’t nearly as important as the quantity. For example, people often say that sales is just a numbers game. It’s “dialing for dollars”. This implies that the harder you hit the phones making sales calls, the more you’re going to sell, regardless of how good you are at selling.
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