“Follow the contract.” (Until you shouldn’t)


“Learn the rules like a pro…

so you can break them like an artist.”

— Pablo Picasso

I used to repeat this to my teams when the time came…

But if you asked them what Vicente would do in almost any situation, the answer was simple:

“Follow the contract.”

Always.

Because most people don’t even understand the rules they’re trying to “bend”.

They jump to shortcuts.

They improvise.

They create risk.

That’s not creativity.

That’s incompetence.

First, you master the contract.

You know every clause.

Every mechanism.

Every loophole.

Better than anyone in the room.

Only then…

You earn the right to be “creative”.

Only then.

Because this is something it takes a long time to understand.

The best deals are not done by following the contract blindly.

They are done by shaping it.

Thinking about the solution first…

And then finding how to make it fit within the contract.

Of course, these cases are exceptions.

But that’s where real value is created.

That’s where margins appear.

Where problems disappear.

Where others get stuck… and you move forward.

And for that you receive the big bucks…

Simple?

Yes.

Easy?

Not even close.

It’s an art.

If you want to see how this actually works in real PPP deals…

Not theory. Not textbooks.

But real situations, real negotiations, real decisions.

Click below.

Because once you do…

you’ll wonder why it took you so long.

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