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I read something once that said you should do as many deals as possible.

In theory, whenever you do a deal (a good deal), you are getting something you want and so is the other party. So the more deals you do, the more progress you are making towards things that you want and hopefully only giving up things you are happy to give up.

I have to say I haven't done as many deals as I would like.

Part of doing deals seems to be having the imagination and experience to think about what is possible simply as habit, rather than just accepting the standard way that people do things by default. It's a hard habit to learn.

[csmeder]

The red paper clip guy would seem to support this idea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip