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One spared life might be worth more to the other side than all the blood that stained Red’s hands today. A fugitive becomes a queen or a scientist or, worse, a poet.
“If I have to choose between agreement and conflict, I’ll take conflict every time,” Bezos often said. “It always yields a better result.”
― Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
― Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
“Negotiate in their world. Persuasion is not about how bright or smooth or forceful you are. It’s about the other party convincing themselves that the solution you want is their own idea. So don’t beat them with logic or brute force. Ask them questions that open paths to your goals. It’s not about you.”
― Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
― Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
“The beauty of empathy is that it doesn’t demand that you agree with the other person’s ideas”
― Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
― Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
“You in the West, you think you’re playing chess with us. But you’re never going to win, because we’re not following any rules.’ A Russian mobster to his lawyer”
― Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
― Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
“Shattered teeth. Fractured toes. Broken hands. Broken hearts. It's the price they paid in hopes of winning a title.”
― Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
― Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
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