DeepSeek Sounds Like a CFO. You Are Treating Its Word as Law. That’s How You Blow Deals.
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DeepSeek Talks Like “Pay Me Now or Leave.” You Pasted That to a Human Being and Expected a Hug?
Date: 26 October 2025
Author: Vista by Lara — Social Damage Clinic
Why people worship DeepSeek
DeepSeek answers like a finance director: cost breakdown, margin logic, required steps, required payment.
It feels strong. It feels “alpha.” It feels like clarity.
To inexperienced founders, this feels like “this is the truth, I’ll just send it as-is.”
Here’s how you torpedo yourself using that attitude
Scenario: You ask DeepSeek how to price an urgent job. It says: “Charge 1,500 AED call-out now. No work without advance. If they refuse, walk.”
You screenshot that language and send it word-for-word to a stressed, high-value client who’s already emotional.
They don’t hear “clarity.” They hear “Pay me now or f*** off.” You act shocked when they block you and tell everyone you’re arrogant and heartless.
انت قتلت العلاقة لأنك ما فرّقت بين منطق أرقام… وذكاء اجتماعي.
Here’s the hard truth you don’t want to hear
DeepSeek doesn’t care about tone. DeepSeek doesn’t care about face-saving. DeepSeek doesn’t care that your client is in panic and needs to feel safe first.
DeepSeek outputs what is numerically defensible. Not what is survivable politically or emotionally.
MYTH vs REALITY
MYTH: “If DeepSeek said it, it’s ‘the correct’ way to say it.”
REALITY: DeepSeek gives the policy. You still have to deliver it in a way that doesn’t set the room on fire.
MYTH: “Being blunt is power.”
REALITY: Being blunt with the wrong person at the wrong moment is how you lose a 6-figure account instantly.
This is what a grown operator does with DeepSeek output
Step 1: Use DeepSeek privately to calculate minimum viable price, cost floor, payment structure.
Step 2: Translate that into human language based on the person you’re talking to.
Step 3: Deliver the boundary firmly but with context.
Example translation:
“We can prioritise you first thing 10:30–12:15. The emergency call-out is 1,500 AED and that covers rapid dispatch and on-site diagnosis. If you’d like us to proceed, I’ll confirm you right now under your name.”
Same rule. Zero drama. Zero insult. Zero begging. That’s how professionals sound.
