I'm sorry but the first one was 20 minutes of "the world is not fair. Some people think its fair but it's not" repeated for 20 minutes.
The second one was "You need to observe people's actions and understand why they do things" repeated for 20 minutes.
Those are both very helpful points but I think people would be better served with some advice or techniques.
For example: Discuss your plans with each person one by one before a big meeting so that everyone will be more likely to see it your way in the big meeting.
One challenge is that naturally talented people often don't understand why the facts are insufficient. Others who are less talented often needed to develop political skills for survival. Agree that those links are basic (hence Politics 101), but convincing technical folk to care about this topic isn't easy.
One needs to understand offense in order to play defense. Here are some books with timeless techniques for those with ethical intentions:
1) Herb Cohen, You can Negotiate Anything (general)
2) Chris Malburg, How to Fire Your Boss (labor)
3) Robert P. Smith, Riches Among the Ruins (sales)
Re: big meetings. Herb Cohen points out that most meetings are the end of the negotiation, not the beginning :)
The second one was "You need to observe people's actions and understand why they do things" repeated for 20 minutes.
Those are both very helpful points but I think people would be better served with some advice or techniques.
For example: Discuss your plans with each person one by one before a big meeting so that everyone will be more likely to see it your way in the big meeting.