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> treat people like they were your friends that's not saying "these are your friends", it's saying "treat them like they were your friends". They're clearly no
by marcus_holmes 6y ago
> treat people like they were your friends
that's not saying "these are your friends", it's saying "treat them like they were your friends". They're clearly not your actual friends, but negotiating is easier and gets better outcomes if you're friendly and positive. Starting a negotiation with an unfriendly and hostile or combatative attitude doesn't work as well.
- sz4kerto 6y agoMaybe I'm just nitpicking, in that case I apologize, but: Treating someone as a friend and being friendly are very different. Sometimes I am very assertive, pushy with my friends, and make them uncomfortable. I'd like to think that I'm doing that when making them uncomfortable is in their interest (e.g. telling someone to stop doing something that's harmful for them is definitely not a 'friendly' thing to do). In a business setting, being friendly can simply be means to squeezing more value out of a person. Therefore I'd be careful with my words here: if TFA wants to say 'friendly' then that is what it should do instead of saying that "treat people like they were your friends".
- marcus_holmes 6y agoI'm Australian. I call my mates "cunt" and cunts "mate". I know what you mean ;)