Let's Make a Deal

           If you want to get something or someone, you have to work for it, right? But what has got everyone wrong is that no matter what happens you just have to work hard through it. Suffer, do underpaying jobs, work multiple shifts, exhaust yourself, wake up at 4 am and what not!

          Just because you are suffering doesn’t mean you are going to be successful. And you don’t have to work at an underpaying job, know your worth and stand firm by it. You can wake up at 7am or 9am and still have a healthy routine.

And if it is about a person, chasing is definitely something you should avoid. Being too nice, saying a few lies, or chasing them to choose you, isn’t going to work.

You have to know that not every time is a time for chasing. Sometimes, in fact, these days most of the time, it’s just a trade. Be it business, be it a job or relations, it’s always a trade.  You have something that they want or something which they like and that’s why you work at the place or that’s why you have good relations with them.

TRADE, what is trade, and what are the 3 things you should know about it? 

Remember this: Nobody cares if you have nothing to offer.

          Have you ever tried fishing? Well, if you have you’ll know that life is pretty much like fishing. Just like you don’t dive deep and go after the fish and try catching it with your bare hands, similarly, you don’t go chasing people.

          Let’s say you like someone. You directly don’t go chasing them like a hopeless romantic trying to tell them how much they mean to you. It’s a Rookie mistake. You’ll fall on your face. Am I trying to teach you some manipulative tricks? Haha NO! I’m just being logical.

The 3 things that you should know about trade:

1.     Patience is the key

First and foremost, you got to see what they are looking for. Then you got to analyze yourself and see if you got it. If you do, you let them know and you sit back patiently for them to respond. You see, it’s a two-way street. So don’t push your railway on it.

The same goes for a business or a job. You see what the other party or the recruiter demands. Then you check if you got it and if you do, you let them know. Now it’s their turn. And when it’s their turn, it’s their turn!

          If you try to persuade more or try convincing without allowing them to respond you are just ruining your deal. And in the end, you won’t be happy with the trade.

          You put out something that the fish wants or something that attracts it and then you wait for it. Waiting is a big part of any trade. If you cave in you lose. If you are a trader you’ll understand that even in stocks, entry and exit are easy but the holding is the difficult part.  

2.     What can I offer?

Everyone is so involved in taking or gaining in a trade that they forget to know what they are offering. Before just blindly making an offer, see if it is actually something that they want and if it carries any relevance.  

Don’t be a dummy and talk about your carpentry or driving skills in an Interview for a Software engineer job.  It is just going to blow in your face.  

Understand what you are offering, and check if it is actually worth what you are getting in return, or is it less? Or maybe it is more!  Analyze it and make sure what you are receiving is equally important to what you are putting into the trade.

3. Not every trade is for you. 

Now, this is very important. If you are building a network with people, you need to be very careful and picky, because, sometimes some people are just not meant for you or worth the effort. Some people may be demanding a lot from you and aren’t giving much in return. So, don’t hold onto that trade. Sell it off. Ciao Adios!  

Maybe you might want a client, and they are a big client, and if you bag them, it’ll make a huge deal for your startup. But, you also have to understand that you are trading a lot of effort, a lot of money (for the fancy meetings) and a significant amount of time in return for a potential client.

It’s a trade. You are going to lose something in order to “POTENTIALLY gain something.”  I am not saying don’t take risks, but whenever you do make sure it is favourable and doesn’t cost you a lot if it fails.


Goals are something you chase. But, the rest, you trade!

Location: 45H4+FX Oxford, MA, USA

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