Wall Street always seems to be two or three steps ahead of the game.

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Also, in memory of my mother, any widow coming into my court would start out three steps ahead.

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In one situation, the compensation committee chair recognized that the CEO was always two or three steps ahead of the compensation committee, and was using this preemptive strategy to take advantage of the situation.

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And suddenly, we can see two, three, four steps ahead.

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