When we name something, our relationship with it changes

By Peter Kerr for sticK

(sticK - 13 Feb 2013 ) When we name something, our relationship with it changes
Michael Margolis, chief instigator at Get Storied in a Brand Storytelling 101 blog makes the following point.

1. When we name something, our relationship with it transforms

His first example has an agricultural flavour.

“If a cow is given a name by her owner, she generates more milk than a cow that’s treated as an anonymous member of the herd,” according to a research study by Newcastle University.

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