Which one

Selfishness, me first then the partnership.

Luck.

>>1737803
This

>>1737762
Empathy 100%... how can you selfishly exploit people unless you know where their weak spots are?

If you define "riches" as material wealth, I'd say on average selfishness will get you further, because being overly empathic leads to expenditure of wealth to help other people without appropriate material returns.

If course, this is not a choice that arises in real life. Nobody's 100% selfish or 100% selfless although both traits can be a foundation for a successful business.

Be in general selfish with your big goals, but be empathic whenever you can without endangering your big goals. Combine the strengths (shameless profit / great public image, networking and feeling good about yourself) while dampening the weaknesses (becoming a cold hated asshole / being exploited constantly) to receive the best of both worlds. Engage common sense which mode to use for any given situation. Sticking inflexibly to either strategy exclusively will set you up for failure.

>>1737762
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Have empathy for others, but be ruthless in business.

>It's nothing personal, just business.

>>1737762
This is a good question. Something I've struggled with the idea of since morality plays a really big part in my life to the point that lying to customers as a salesman makes me feel disgusted with myself. How do businessfags deal with all the bullshit and cut-throat nature of serious businesses?

Zig would say if you help enough people get what they want, you'll get what you want.