The language that everyone speaks

After a lifetime (it feels so) as a CFO, I am very familiar with the language that everyone speaks, AKA money.

It may be that you and your opponent do not speak the same language, you do not agree on how well the work is done, you choose to misunderstand the counterpart, there are emotions involved and so on and so on.

The one thing that everyone understands is money. Regardless of age, culture, education, upbringing, gender and origin.