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Strategy
For this exercise, I wanted to try out a few different locations so that I didn't look too strange or suspicious in one certain area. Because I wanted to catch someone walking and carrying on with their day, I waited in my neighborhood back home until I saw individuals heading to their house from their parking spot or walking their dog. I also went to the corner store for this activity in order to interrupt people while they were shopping. Before venturing out to complete this assignment, I decided that I would approach people who looked approachable/friendly so that the encounter would not be too invasive or awkward. My plan was to start the conversation by stating that I was sorry to bother them followed by asking them how they were, I would then explain that someone had passed the dollar on to me as an act of kindness so I decided to keep the chain going by passing it on to them, and that they could do what they pleased with the dollar. While reading the instructions for this assignment, I was confident that I would be able to give away all five dollar bills.

Reflections 
I approached a variety of people, mainly women because I felt that I could relate to them without being too awkward. A lot of my interactions went the same, I introduced myself and told them I was sorry to bother them and then explained that I was giving away this dollar that had been passed on to me as an act of kindness. The interactions were a little more uncomfortable for me than I had anticipated but everyone I interacted with was very friendly even though I had interrupted them while they were in the middle of doing something such as walking/talking on the phone/shopping. Like I had predicted, no one that I encountered was rude or unpleasant, some people just seemed confused. My prediction was correct because I was able to give away my dollars on every attempt, I think this is because people felt that it would be strange to question my reason for doing it. I was nervous to approach random people so the conversations ended up being much shorter than expected. Overall, I think this exercise was a bit intimidating but very relatable to the business world and how you oftentimes do have to interrupt people to sell your ideas/products.