"bleed the sucker for all he's worth"

I once read an interview of a man who is hired by top atheletes to negotiate
contracts for them. One piece of advice he gave is: always leave something
on the table. If you squeeze for every cent you cann get, it leaves a
bad feeling, and problems that come up are more difficult to resolve.


While many around me were having ethics problems over family disagreement
with scientology, that was not a problem for me. I simply kept the pr
in, and never asked the family for bridge money. When my mother viewed
a particularly intense tv attack on Scientology, she did get concerned.
I said to her: you know me. would I join a group like that? That handled
her totally.

When I started losing control of my life, tho, after some particularly
out-tech Flag handling, my family DID get concerned. I wasn't surviving
up to their expectations. I wasn't doing well at all. I kept defending
Scientology to them. They felt (legitimately) that if Scientology wasn't
the cause, at least they should be helping me, especially given all that
I contributed in the past.

This family pressure continued for years till I finally gave up, joined
FZ, and stopped acting like I was falling apart.

Oh, by the way, they think I am still involved with Scientology, but
that is ok now, because I am doing fine.

There is more wealth to be had by helping your supporters become strong.

Chloe