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(1). When two people are working on overlapping projects that will basically get you to the same place in the end.
“Now, I don’t want to duplicate effort here, so I think we should let Tom put the presentation for the Honolulu conference together… Ken, why don’t you focus on booking Tom and I flights and hotels for the trip to Hawaii…?”
(1). Usually unseen, behind the scenes or behind the curtain dealings (in other words, the way real business gets done).
“I don’t know, Tom…I think Jim’s playing inside baseball on the Simmons deal…he knows something. Let’s get Niedermeyer on this…he’s a sneaky little….”
Props to Bob D. for the submission.
(1). Taking on a bunch of crummy accounts in hopes that one or two of them will turn into a good account. Some do, most don’t.
“Look, sometimes you just have to keep kissing frogs until one of them turns into a prince! One of these companies is bound to go public someday! And when it does, we’ll be ready!”
