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The walk away is undefeated
RaceBannon
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Had a client today insisting that we schedule her project NOW. I've been telling her we are booked solid through October. We're me and my backer with the GC licence and cash and we split the embarrassingly high profit margin we go in at. Kids, find a niche that nobody else is in and exploit it. This is Yellow's non political board so lets just say magic fairy dust has bestowed several million dollars of business on us. I came out of semi retirement to execute it.
At any rate, I finally said after her third time asking me to go ahead and give the job to someone else and I won't take it personally.
Can you fit me in November?
Of course we can.
At any rate, I finally said after her third time asking me to go ahead and give the job to someone else and I won't take it personally.
Can you fit me in November?
Of course we can.
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The take away is one of the best closing techniques of all Tim. I used to get customers saying brand X is offering ____ for half of what you've quoted to me and it's a perfectly comparable product. I tell 'em well if if it's apples to apples you'd be a fool to buy from me and pay twice as much. I suggest you buy brand X then.
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So true. My father taught me this early on. “Doog_de_Jour, you must always be willing to walk away from a negotiation.”
I see it as not only the ultimate power move, but also the highest form of self care. -
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I like to call it the turn n burn. That’s what I like to do.
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This is true.RaceBannon said:Had a client today insisting that we schedule her project NOW. I've been telling her we are booked solid through October. We're me and my backer with the GC licence and cash and we split the embarrassingly high profit margin we go in at. Kids, find a niche that nobody else is in and exploit it. This is Yellow's non political board so lets just say magic fairy dust has bestowed several million dollars of business on us. I came out of semi retirement to execute it.
At any rate, I finally said after her third time asking me to go ahead and give the job to someone else and I won't take it personally.
Can you fit me in November?
Of course we can.
That's hot.Doog_de_Jour said:So true. My father taught me this early on. “Doog_de_Jour, you must always be willing to walk away from a negotiation.”
I see it as not only the ultimate power move, but also the highest form of self care.
I can see why @Swaye is still on a restraining order.
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50/50 split on the free pub here with @UW_Doog_Bot . He’s the oil man but my daddy went to middle school on the hill in Long Beach where this scene is set.minion_doog said: -
You severely underestimate the throbber's breadth of experience in building massive wealth and owning multiple compounds.YellowSnow said:
50/50 split on the free pub here with @UW_Doog_Bot . He’s the oil man but my daddy went to middle school on the hill in Long Beach where this scene is set.minion_doog said:
A third for a quarter, biyotch.
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YellowSnow said:
50/50 split on the free pub here with @UW_Doog_Bot . He’s the oil man but my daddy went to middle school on the hill in Long Beach where this scene is set.minion_doog said:
Grandpappy bot was one of the oilmen that built the hill.YellowSnow said:
50/50 split on the free pub here with @UW_Doog_Bot . He’s the oil man but my daddy went to middle school on the hill in Long Beach where this scene is set.minion_doog said: -
Long Beach, CA, cool fucking city man!UW_Doog_Bot said:YellowSnow said:
50/50 split on the free pub here with @UW_Doog_Bot . He’s the oil man but my daddy went to middle school on the hill in Long Beach where this scene is set.minion_doog said:
Grandpappy bot was one of the oilmen that built the hill.YellowSnow said:
50/50 split on the free pub here with @UW_Doog_Bot . He’s the oil man but my daddy went to middle school on the hill in Long Beach where this scene is set.minion_doog said:
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@UW_Doog_Bot, you're an oil man? In what capacity?
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Family has been in the industry since before WW2. I ended up in the industry after a very circuitous path around 2013 or so. I manage large capital projects for my current company.1to392831weretaken said:@UW_Doog_Bot, you're an oil man? In what capacity?
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Here I am all proud of my recent victory to rich pour and I come and read this thread.
FYFMFE
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That's how the Throbber felt when oil fell to $28 per bbl.dirtysouwfdawg said:Here I am all proud of my recent victory to rich pour and I come and read this thread.
FYFMFE
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Man, I'm on the very opposite end of the spectrum: Lowly operator. Allows me to keep living in the area, though, so I'll take it.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Family has been in the industry since before WW2. I ended up in the industry after a very circuitous path around 2013 or so. I manage large capital projects for my current company.1to392831weretaken said:@UW_Doog_Bot, you're an oil man? In what capacity?
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Being a company man in town isn't a bad gig if you managed to get it.1to392831weretaken said:
Man, I'm on the very opposite end of the spectrum: Lowly operator. Allows me to keep living in the area, though, so I'll take it.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Family has been in the industry since before WW2. I ended up in the industry after a very circuitous path around 2013 or so. I manage large capital projects for my current company.1to392831weretaken said:@UW_Doog_Bot, you're an oil man? In what capacity?
Plus, there's going to be a huge vacuum in management when all the boomers croak.
Sure as hell beats my friends with shoe shine degrees and student debt slinging coffee. -
Anything related to geology is a massive void of talent. Petroleum engineering, mining engineers, anything to do with extraction industries are going to be pretty well fucked in less than 10 years. The brain drain will be massive.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Being a company man in town isn't a bad gig if you managed to get it.1to392831weretaken said:
Man, I'm on the very opposite end of the spectrum: Lowly operator. Allows me to keep living in the area, though, so I'll take it.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Family has been in the industry since before WW2. I ended up in the industry after a very circuitous path around 2013 or so. I manage large capital projects for my current company.1to392831weretaken said:@UW_Doog_Bot, you're an oil man? In what capacity?
Plus, there's going to be a huge vacuum in management when all the boomers croak.
Sure as hell beats my friends with shoe shine degrees and student debt slinging coffee.
And despite what the greenies think, the need for industrial minerals and oil isn't going to slow down any time soon. Lithium is the new hot play but WTF has been our exploring for lithium?!? Am aware of several projects now in Nevada but lithium was like a shit mineral for the gold and silver hounds out there turning over rocks.
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And to think that people at UW called Geology 101 “Rocks for Jocks”.PurpleThrobber said:
Anything related to geology is a massive void of talent. Petroleum engineering, mining engineers, anything to do with extraction industries are going to be pretty well fucked in less than 10 years. The brain drain will be massive.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Being a company man in town isn't a bad gig if you managed to get it.1to392831weretaken said:
Man, I'm on the very opposite end of the spectrum: Lowly operator. Allows me to keep living in the area, though, so I'll take it.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Family has been in the industry since before WW2. I ended up in the industry after a very circuitous path around 2013 or so. I manage large capital projects for my current company.1to392831weretaken said:@UW_Doog_Bot, you're an oil man? In what capacity?
Plus, there's going to be a huge vacuum in management when all the boomers croak.
Sure as hell beats my friends with shoe shine degrees and student debt slinging coffee.
And despite what the greenies think, the need for industrial minerals and oil isn't going to slow down any time soon. Lithium is the new hot play but WTF has been our exploring for lithium?!? Am aware of several projects now in Nevada but lithium was like a shit mineral for the gold and silver hounds out there turning over rocks. -
China flooded the market with "cheap" lithium, killing the lithium mining industry in the US a long time ago, I believe I read. As for oil, I don't see it being a long term gig for me. The writing is just on the wall. Honestly, I'm not upset. I'll have to find something different, but the world will be better off.PurpleThrobber said:
Anything related to geology is a massive void of talent. Petroleum engineering, mining engineers, anything to do with extraction industries are going to be pretty well fucked in less than 10 years. The brain drain will be massive.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Being a company man in town isn't a bad gig if you managed to get it.1to392831weretaken said:
Man, I'm on the very opposite end of the spectrum: Lowly operator. Allows me to keep living in the area, though, so I'll take it.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Family has been in the industry since before WW2. I ended up in the industry after a very circuitous path around 2013 or so. I manage large capital projects for my current company.1to392831weretaken said:@UW_Doog_Bot, you're an oil man? In what capacity?
Plus, there's going to be a huge vacuum in management when all the boomers croak.
Sure as hell beats my friends with shoe shine degrees and student debt slinging coffee.
And despite what the greenies think, the need for industrial minerals and oil isn't going to slow down any time soon. Lithium is the new hot play but WTF has been our exploring for lithium?!? Am aware of several projects now in Nevada but lithium was like a shit mineral for the gold and silver hounds out there turning over rocks. -
That's the weed out class.Doog_de_Jour said:
And to think that people at UW called Geology 101 “Rocks for Jocks”.PurpleThrobber said:
Anything related to geology is a massive void of talent. Petroleum engineering, mining engineers, anything to do with extraction industries are going to be pretty well fucked in less than 10 years. The brain drain will be massive.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Being a company man in town isn't a bad gig if you managed to get it.1to392831weretaken said:
Man, I'm on the very opposite end of the spectrum: Lowly operator. Allows me to keep living in the area, though, so I'll take it.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Family has been in the industry since before WW2. I ended up in the industry after a very circuitous path around 2013 or so. I manage large capital projects for my current company.1to392831weretaken said:@UW_Doog_Bot, you're an oil man? In what capacity?
Plus, there's going to be a huge vacuum in management when all the boomers croak.
Sure as hell beats my friends with shoe shine degrees and student debt slinging coffee.
And despite what the greenies think, the need for industrial minerals and oil isn't going to slow down any time soon. Lithium is the new hot play but WTF has been our exploring for lithium?!? Am aware of several projects now in Nevada but lithium was like a shit mineral for the gold and silver hounds out there turning over rocks.
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That's the only class I ever got a B. Took it online and totally missed a test. It was due on Saturday night or some dumb shit.Doog_de_Jour said:
And to think that people at UW called Geology 101 “Rocks for Jocks”.PurpleThrobber said:
Anything related to geology is a massive void of talent. Petroleum engineering, mining engineers, anything to do with extraction industries are going to be pretty well fucked in less than 10 years. The brain drain will be massive.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Being a company man in town isn't a bad gig if you managed to get it.1to392831weretaken said:
Man, I'm on the very opposite end of the spectrum: Lowly operator. Allows me to keep living in the area, though, so I'll take it.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Family has been in the industry since before WW2. I ended up in the industry after a very circuitous path around 2013 or so. I manage large capital projects for my current company.1to392831weretaken said:@UW_Doog_Bot, you're an oil man? In what capacity?
Plus, there's going to be a huge vacuum in management when all the boomers croak.
Sure as hell beats my friends with shoe shine degrees and student debt slinging coffee.
And despite what the greenies think, the need for industrial minerals and oil isn't going to slow down any time soon. Lithium is the new hot play but WTF has been our exploring for lithium?!? Am aware of several projects now in Nevada but lithium was like a shit mineral for the gold and silver hounds out there turning over rocks.
