2012: Hard Lessons Learned
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2012: Hard Lessons Learned
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#2All good stuff!
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#3A well written post and a lot of good lessons. I really liked your 2 tips for spotting expensive middle men in particular. Seems obvious when you think about it, but well worth being conscious of.
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#4Does anyone have a mirror? The site or its contents seem to be down or unavailable.
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#5Does anyone have a mirror? The site or its contents seem to be down or unavailable.
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#8Well said, very well said.
I really do like people who can both disagree and share their reasoning on that disagreement. They are priceless. Many, if not all, of my best conversations have started with "Chuck I think {that/you/we/this} is wrong and this is why ..." I've often felt that half a dozen smart people with this trait can go out and build anything you want. That is because they will cross check each other and in the end they will get more right than they get wrong.
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#9A well written post and a lot of good lessons. I really liked your 2 tips for spotting expensive middle men in particular. Seems obvious when you think about it, but well worth being conscious of.
Sounded to me what he said was just to beware of people who don't keep their promises.
Does anyone need to be told that? my suggestion is to get references
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#10A well written post and a lot of good lessons. I really liked your 2 tips for spotting expensive middle men in particular. Seems obvious when you think about it, but well worth being conscious of.
Sounded to me what he said was just to beware of people who don't keep their promises. Does anyone need to be told that? my suggestion is to get references
No, he pointed out how a normally positive gesture (saying "i'll find out") can be an indicator of a more subtle problem (intermediaries).
I think its very easy to forget those signs of a more subtle issue and just be glad each question is being answered in a "timely enough" manner when you ask it.
Not a big fan of references to be honest. Everyone must have a few people willing to exaggerate for them. A referral from someone you already know and trust is different, but a reference from someone you arent that familiar with is fairly meaningless I think.