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When accepting a coffee-meeting, what signs indicate to you that things are going to go nowhere? My #1: person is middle-manager bureaucrat
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(Note: not including cases where you expect person to be stimulating/fun enough that meeting is its own reward, which is 75% of mine)
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My #2 sign: person has >3x more clear need to talk about themselves than real curiosity about you. Likely means nobody listens to them.
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(Financial powerlessness is a sign of time-wasting even if you're not meeting them for financial opps, it's a general sign)
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Recalling a boss who’s discretionary budget lowered from $25k to $25 after buying a whole bunch of crap he couldn’t even give away.
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