Treat your time as a commodity and you’ll have a better chance of taking advantage of it when the chips are down.

如果弄错了，你有二次机改正。 把你的时间看作商品，那么当筹码低的时候你就有好机会充分利用它了。

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You see this as simply doing the right thing, but in fact it is a special virtue and makes you one of the most worthy of partners and friends when the chips are down...

你觉很自然事就该这样办，但实际上这是特别的美德，当危机来临的时候，这会让你成为最值得拥有的伴侣和朋友。

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While developing an understanding of great communication skills is easier than one might think, being able to appropriately draw upon said skills when the chips are down is not always as easy as one might hope for.

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Perverse as it might sound, when the chips are down our appetite for being scared witless increases.

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