@larin.nexus · Eugene Larin
Saved 2026-05-15 · Posted 2025-07-14 · Status: New
1. He taught me: “Never be afraid to be inconvenient — if it protects your future.”
The moment they say, “Everyone signs it like that” — that’s when he slows down.
✅ Pressure isn’t policy. It’s how people get trapped.
2. He always adds one handwritten note.
Just one line can flip the legal weight of the entire document.
✅ “Reviewed, but do not agree with section 4.”
✅ “Excluding clause 6.2.”
✅ “Does not waive future rights.”
Simple. But powerful.
3. He knows you’re not legally required to accept every clause.
You can cross out, comment, modify — if you sign it, it becomes part of the agreement.
✅ Most people forget: your pen is also a negotiation tool.
4. He rewrote a severance NDA once — and walked away with double the value.
Why?
Because the HR rep never even read it.
✅ “People who rush you rarely expect you to think.”
5. He draws lines through vague sections.
Words like “may,” “where applicable,” or “as deemed appropriate.”
✅ In legal language, vagueness = power for the other side.
6. He demands clarity — even in hospitals.
Once, he crossed out a sentence and wrote: “attending physician only — no residents.”
✅ No one objected. And it protected his child during surgery.
7. His mindset? “If they won’t sign the version that protects you — you were never safe to begin with.”
✅ Silence is easy. But one written sentence can speak louder than your signature ever will.
📌 Save this before you sign your next lease, NDA, severance or waiver.
📤 Send it to someone who’s about to sign anything “standard.”
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I always have my family cross out the section on pre-op forms that would allow any resident or intern to do surgery or invasive procedures excluded from doing the surgery or procedure… And write ‘only the name of the surgeon or specialist to do the surgery or procedure.’ It drives nurses and medical staff nuts!! Any doctor would never allow medical STUDENTS to operate or do an invasive medical procedure on themselves or their family members
Great advice
Thanks for the advice
Thank you for the advice. Just crossed out sentences and added wording to a procedure for my child. 💪🏾
Great advice
Great info . Makes since , I have never liked the MAY,, etc
I agree. Especially the medical ones. They absolve themselves of any responsibility which makes it hard to file malpractice suits.
Great advice
Line Thru w/Handwritten Notations is more powerful than a printed notations.
Do your homework before you accept an appointment. Take charge.
👏👏👏
I use to cross out the last line in my teaching contract and initial. That last line was always “and any other duties the principal deem necessary” that could be anything😳
Well it's mostly online now just for this reason.
What about digital pages?
Absolutely, been exercising these practices for years