r/agedlikemilk 19h ago

Curdled.

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u/titanofold 17h ago

A better book: The Art of Negotiating the Best Deal. (https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/negotiating-the-best-deal)

The best deal is the one where everyone still wants to work with you after the deal is done. Not necessarily that everyone gets everything they want, but they're still willing to develop the relationship.

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u/DAHFreedom 17h ago

Read “Getting to Yes” for similar concepts

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u/Additional-Tap8907 17h ago

Yeah Trump’s book is about how to burnish your ego and feel like you’re winning whether or not you actually are. A better metric is how to establish long term mutually beneficial relationships with others so that you create an entire self sustaining ecosystem around you. Trump knows nothing about that.

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u/N3rdScool 16h ago

He knows all about it, he's just loyal to the people who saved him from bankruptcy... again.

It's wild to me that anyone like that could be president.

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u/Additional-Tap8907 16h ago

He creates a self sustaining swamp of corruption and lies

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u/Freethecrafts 17h ago

The best deal is where both sides have vested interests and want whatever venture to succeed.

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u/Diligent-Phrase436 16h ago

Trump is lecturing us on The Art of Creating a Cult, much more powerful than any deal, best or not.