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Never Split the Difference

Why not just meet in the middle?

Because the midpoint only ends the discomfort. Voss would slow down and find out what the other side actually needs. A salary or a schedule usually has more options than one number.

Sapiens

What’s a shared story today?

Money, companies and nations. Harari’s point is that none of them exist outside what people believe, yet those beliefs let millions of strangers cooperate.

The Psychology of Money

Why do I hate holding cash?

It may come down to what you’ve lived through. Housel says people raised in a boom and people who saw a job loss learn opposite lessons, and neither is crazy.

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