This is a Rick Otton Roundtable discussion — where others unpack, debate, and apply Rick’s legendary methods, not just listen to Rick himself. The focus here is on The Second Smartest Man™ strategy, a deceptively simple but powerful way to structure conversations, deals, and outcomes without needing to be “the guru in the room.”
What People Will Learn
The Strategy: The Second Smartest Man™ Instead of battling to be the smartest, the trick is to position yourself as the second smartest. When people believe they’ve outsmarted you, they relax, reveal more, and buy into the deal faster. It’s not about power plays — it’s about psychological leverage.
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The heart was always off-limits to surgeons. Cutting into it spelled instant death for the patient. That is, until a ragtag group of doctors scattered across the Midwest and Texas decided to throw out the rule book. Working in makeshift laboratories and home garages, using medical devices made from scavenged machine parts and beer tubes, these men and women invented the field of open heart surgery. Odds are, someone you know is alive because of them. So why has history left them behind? Presented by Chris Pine, CARDIAC COWBOYS tells the gripping true story behind the birth of heart surgery, and the young, Greatest Generation doctors who made it happen. For years, they competed and feuded, racing to be the first, the best, and the most prolific. Some appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, operated on kings and advised presidents. Others ended up disgraced, penniless, and convicted of felonies. Together, they ignited a revolution in medicine, and changed the world.
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