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Unsophisticated Negotiation: Taking the Hard Line
Preparing to Negotiate

Unsophisticated Negotiation: Taking the Hard Line

A common misconception about negotiation is that the best course of action is to take a hard line with someone. Use logic to express that what you...

3 Ways to Train Yourself to be the Best Negotiator
Negotiation Training

3 Ways to Train Yourself to be the Best Negotiator

If you have a competitive side you understand what it means to work at constantly improving. The best business people are always striving to be...

Is Logic Real?
Preparing to Negotiate

Is Logic Real?

We all like to think that we have a certain amount of logic, some more than others, especially when it comes to making decisions that have a serious...

Negotiating with Empathy: Not a State of Mind, It is an Action
Negotiation Tactics

Negotiating with Empathy: Not a State of Mind, It is an Action

Empathy is commonly defined as being very close to sympathy in many cases. Merriam-Webster defines empathy as the feeling that you understand and...

3 Ways to Negotiate Like a Pro
How to Negotiate

3 Ways to Negotiate Like a Pro

Traditionally speaking negotiation is seen as a focused comparison of ideas/results, which in my eyes is a sophisticated way of saying an argument...

4 Most Emotional Terms in Negotiation

4 Most Emotional Terms in Negotiation

3 Ways to Hone Your Negotiation Skills
How to Negotiate

3 Ways to Hone Your Negotiation Skills

Here are 3 ways to hone your negotiation skills.

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Negotiation Tactics

Empathy: A Missionary & Mercenary Skill

The reason I try to make it a point to use empathy in all negotiations and most conversations is because I have had the luxury of experiencing how...

At The Table
Preparing to Negotiate

At The Table

In every negotiation there is information that can only be obtained at the negotiation table, these bits of information will often change everything...

3 Coaches/3 Negotiator Types – Which are you?
Negotiation Tactics

3 Coaches/3 Negotiator Types – Which are you?

It is football season again and I couldn’t be happier. I also can’t help but see how the things we teach about negotiation are incorporated in all...

The Rule of 3

The Rule of 3

If you are involved in business you will have most certainly experienced a situation where there was an effort made to come to an agreement with...

3 Problems With “I am Normal”
Negotiation Mistakes

3 Problems With “I am Normal”

1. Our unconscious reaction to those who see things differently from us is they’re “abnormal.”

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