Loading ...both literally and figuratively .Iv done shark dives in my scuba days and learned their ways..they dont tolerate weakness ..you can swim among them if you dont act like pray ! Dont thrash around like you have fear .Iv touched them and pulled their tails and watch them scamper away.They dont know what to make of someone that intimidates them …
In the Garment business in the NEW YORK area there were many sharks and I lived very well with them .They respected me ,and I them…
Some of the smartest people I ever met were Russian Jews in the Garment business …We never had a bad word between us,or a verbal contract that wasent lived up to. ..We did quality work and they respected that ….We negotiated very tough ,but never angry and then lived up to our word.
I really liked that business because I and my family (father & Uncles,Aunts )were very good at it …The government gave the business away to JAPAN,CHINA etc….that ended it and I had to remake myself ….it was all I knew for 20 years and it was swept out from under us by Politicians.
The experience I had there served me well in my next business .I learned to apply myself with the same focus and it worked for the next 25 years.
Then I taught myself how to swim with Wall st sharks ..Its the same thing !