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Re:Ask HN: What books helped you in your entrepreneurship jo... by yamtaddle on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @04:30PM (#35174304)
I dropped it about 2/3 through because too much of it was reading as plainly-bullshit. "I got a great deal on my truck by just saying 'how can I do that?' over and over! Here's how it went!" LOL, no you didn't, and no it didn't, and now I'm wondering whether literally any of your other stories were even a little true.

I got a very little bit out of it, but the useful bit could have been a blog post. The rest was egotistical crap that seemed to mainly be content-marketing for his business.

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Re:Ask HN: What books helped you in your entrepreneurship jo... by rgbrenner on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @04:41PM (#35174415)
It's been a while and I cant remember if that was a hypothetical applying his approach to a non-criminal negotiation, or if he was saying it was a real incident... but I remember reading it, and thinking: the only way that works is if the FBI is waiting to arrest you if you refuse. If he was saying those examples were real, I agree it sounds like bullshit. I don't think his approach works in non-criminal negotiations.
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