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Commandment #1: Get What You Want and Get Out

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Commandment #1: Get What

You Want and Get Out

“Do not go past the mark you aimed for;

in victory know when to stop.”

—Robert Greene

T

here once was an American lawyer who took his wife to Mexico for a hot tropical beach vacation. The lawyer and his wife found a sunny spot on the beach. It was a bright clear day, and the sun

made the sand very hot to touch. The lawyer’s wife noticed a Mexican vendor with beautiful Mexican blankets for sale, and she told her husband that she would like one because the sand was too hot to lie down on.

The man approached the Mexican vendor and proclaimed, “That’s a beautiful blanket you have there! How much for the blanket!”

“$20 American dollars, Señor,” replied the street vendor.

“I’ll give you $5 cash right now,” replied the lawyer.

“No, Señor, I cannot give away my blankets for $5, but I can sell you one for $15.”

“$15 is too much!” replied the lawyer and he walked back to his wife to tell her that he was going to “get a deal” on the Mexican blanket that she wanted.