Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.