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Old 2009-08-01, 12:22   Link #78
Ninjacat
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Join Date: May 2007
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Age: 48
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Originally Posted by MeoTwister5 View Post
Personally, I'm of the opinion that in business, social graces are a far more important aspect of the trade than personal brilliance. Remember that economics has always been and always will be about the movement of commerce between people. Without people you have no business, no livelihood and well no life. No matter how brilliant you are, if you simply have no idea how to treat people and how to act in front of them with social dignity then no amount of genius or brilliance will make up for it.

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Indeed, in business it's not who you are, it's who you know. Lawrence manages to form bonds with most people he meets.

Amati's brilliance might very well be his downfall. He never felt the need to depend on people. I suspect Amati's not used to the concept of defeat eighter...
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