Business Psychology

Business is 95% human psychology and only 5% work.

Seriously... the time you take setting up the advertising, meeting the customer, writing up a proposal, having the meetings, drafting an agreement, planning a solution, finding vendors, etc are all having to do with with managing human expectations.

Only 5% of your time is actually doing the work. That sucks donkey dung.

Every person you talk to, you're deciding how much you can push or draw back. Everyone wants every their way, so we're all just ultimately pushing to see how much pissing territory we can claim for ourselves.

If I push too light, I end up getting the short end of the stick. Push too hard, I look like an ass & I lose business. So it's all just mind-reading to determine what you can get away with.

They don't teach this in business college. They really should make psychology a part of the curriculum.

Today was all about contract negotiation bullshit. Can you tell I'm frustrated about it? UGH. It's the worse. Right up next to dealing with taxes as the most dreadful, but necessary, part of business. That old country song should be the theme of the day "...know when to hold em, know when to walk away"

I held out for somethings. I walked away for others. I guess ultimately I'm proud of having stood up for my business, but sick of having to do it at all. /sigh.

Rant done. I feel better.