Gabriel Mizrahi

He has to because he is the hero in the story, as he put it.

So what kinds of business partners is he choosing?

You know, like what kinds of customers does he tend to work with?

What do these people have in common?

Are they, in fact, greedy people?

Do they maybe underappreciate what he brings to the table?

Did he clock those qualities early on?

Why isn't he putting certain protections in place, like a partnership agreement?

Is it because he naively trusts people?

Is it because maybe he's afraid of conflict or afraid of signaling to a new partner that their partnership might hit the skids one day?

Good point.

I also wonder if he doesn't feel that he can push for those protections because of his past.

because he already feels that he's starting with the chips down.

So he kind of just needs to take what he can get and be grateful and just pray that it all works out.

Which might be another reason to consider fully owning his story.

I am starting to wonder if the leverage that people have over him doesn't just come into play when they want to take something from him,

I wonder if it's already in the mix on his side of the equation from the moment they begin together.

And that might inform the mindset in which he meets people, how he negotiates for what he wants, how he protects himself.

Just because Andy thinks we're playing basketball too much time to change.

All excellent questions, especially in light of that one detail when he said that things came to a head and then he kind of exploded at his partner.