Deal — Donвђ™t Get The

His fingers touched the cool paper. The pressure from his board of directors was immense. The prestige was beckoning. But the pit in his stomach had grown into a chasm. He realized that "winning" this deal meant losing his soul.

Elias looked at the "Exit Strategy" clause. It promised him wealth, but it guaranteed the termination of three hundred employees—people who had worked in his garage when the company was just a dream. He thought of Sarah in accounting, who was putting her son through college, and Mike in the warehouse, who had just bought his first home. Don’t get the deal

Change the (e.g., a gritty underworld deal or a high-stakes sports trade). Focus on the aftermath of his decision a year later. His fingers touched the cool paper