Couldn't agree more. Even in my very short experience I noticed that there is a trend for deal talks to consume a lot of time and energy, and to fall through. I

Couldn't agree more. Even in my very short experience I noticed that there is a trend for deal talks to consume a lot of time and energy, and to fall through. If the deal is very interesting it's difficult to treat it as a background process, but at least you should never put yourself in the position where your future depends on the deal closing.