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Books That Changed My Life: Christiane Maertens & A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson Pt. 2

19 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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A short segment from a YouTube video (Books That Changed My Life: Christiane Maertens & A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson Pt. 2) in which the speaker recounts a childhood anecdote about negotiating the purchase of a horse named Taboo. The horse was listed at $1,200; the speaker called the owner, Monica, and negotiated the price down to $1,000. The story illustrates the speaker’s youthful confidence and persuasive ability.

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I was a pretty fearless kid, so I was a good horseback rider, but I was also really good at getting people to do things. I was really good at it. Not in a malicious way, but if I'd be like, okay, guys, this is what we're going to do. Then the next thing you know, everybody be like, okay, Kristy, let's go. And I was also good at negotiating. There is a horse for sale. When I was Ted and his name was Taboo, and he was twelve hundred dollars on the market, and I was like, pop, I think this. I would love to have this horse. And he's like, cool, if you can negotiate it down to a thousand dollars, I'll buy you the horse. So, sure enough, I called Monica. That was the owner. My sister's right there, and she loves telling the story. And I got it down to a thousand dollars. How'd you do it? Like, what was your. Oh, I probably was like, my dad won't let me buy it. Or like, something like that. The truth.