Great Wisdom from Warren Buffett

you can't make a good deal with a bad person just forget it yeah if you think you can drop a contract that that is going to work against a bad person they're going to win but one thing they they probably enjoy litigation but uh Berkshire hathway as an entity or me personally or anything we don't want to spend our life you know doing that sort of thing and and besides the bad guys win they know more games they may lose eventually and but but it's no way to spend your life so obviously Warren Buffett there is speaking about investing but the truth is that is such solid advice for real life everyday relationships you can't make a good deal with a bad person meaning it doesn't matter what the contract says it doesn't matter what you spelled out we all agreed on it they're going to do whatever they're going to do and like Warren Buffett says they know more games than you and in fact he even says they probably like litigation in other words when you call them out and now it becomes combative there's a battle they thrive on that they enjoy the conflict you have to be very judicious who you get involved with because you cannot think you should not think that there's some way of protecting yourself that finally I'm going to come up with the right words with the right terms and conditions where this person is going to finally behave if someone has shown you who they are that they're not a safe person there are no protections that you can put in place even if they claim to agree with you and they're ready to sign on there's nothing you can do to protect yourself that they're not going to somehow exploit it and use it against you when you know that that's who you're dealing with don't even try to make the deal you can say hi you can be friendly you can keep things cordial but don't be foolish and try to make a good deal with a bad person