The One Quality We All Have That’s Actually What’s Wrong With The World
But that we also need for survival
What if
“what’s in it for you”
is simply
the beautiful reciprocity
that there is also
something
in it for me?
In discussing a collaboration opportunity with a potential business partner one time, the question, “What’s in it for me?” was thrown onto the table.
Thrown.
Yes.
Like the king of spades in a card game of “War” — *almost* the highest of the cards, *almost* the trump card — thrown boldly, cooly, confidently, *almost* sure of a win, but not so sure that the ole Ace wasn’t just around the corner in the hands of the opponent, ready to tip the scales back the other way.
There is no light, casual lancing of the quetsion: “What’s in it for me?” It is always heavy, dark, like a sudden enormous counterweight on the other side of the conversation-see-saw, immediately dominating and flipping the mood of the conversation.
