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Better Than Why...What Makes You Ask?
How to Negotiate

Better Than Why...What Makes You Ask?

People will always ask you questions in a negotiation. When it is important to find out the reasoning for their question asking "Why" or flat out...

The #1 Tactic For Negotiating With Someone More Powerful Than You
How to Negotiate

The #1 Tactic For Negotiating With Someone More Powerful Than You

It’s how I gained the upper hand on international kidnappers.

5 Things Doing The Most Damage to Your Negotiating Ability
Negotiation Mistakes

5 Things Doing The Most Damage to Your Negotiating Ability

#1 – Becoming the hostage of “yes” “Yes” is not the path to “Yes.”

3 Phrases You Need to Eliminate from Your Negotiations
Negotiation Mistakes

3 Phrases You Need to Eliminate from Your Negotiations

Increase your communication success by eliminating these 3 bad communication habits that naturally trigger a negative human response. “Ignore human...

9 Field-Tested, No-Fail Strategies to Use in Your Next Negotiation
Negotiation Tactics

9 Field-Tested, No-Fail Strategies to Use in Your Next Negotiation

These 9 negotiation strategies for success are based on my upcoming book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended.

How to Turn Confrontation Into Partnership Like Taylor Swift
How to Negotiate

How to Turn Confrontation Into Partnership Like Taylor Swift

The most dangerous negotiation is the one you don’t know you’re in. Last June, Taylor Swift wrote one of the most elegant confrontations in the...

4 Shocking Signs You Need Negotiation Training
Negotiation Training

4 Shocking Signs You Need Negotiation Training

Many people think they can already negotiate. Maybe you have gotten over on a car salesman. Maybe you or someone you work with consistently makes...

The #1 Way to Know If Their Price Is Soft
Negotiation Tactics

The #1 Way to Know If Their Price Is Soft

They’re selling. As soon as someone starts selling, you know their price is soft.

Establish Your Kill Line
Crisis Negotiation

Establish Your Kill Line

A woman calls 911, hysterical. She tells the call taker that her boyfriend, a military vet, is despondent and threatening to commit suicide by way of...

Announcing Never Split the Difference & How You Can Help
Negotiation Training

Announcing Never Split the Difference & How You Can Help

As you know, if you are receiving our newsletter, May 17th is the publication date for “Never Split The Difference - Negotiating As If Your Life...

The Top Negotiation Tip From the #1 Trial Attorney in LA
Negotiation Tactics

The Top Negotiation Tip From the #1 Trial Attorney in LA

“Is it better to be liked or respected at work?” This was the question posed in an article aimed at women I came across last November. This is...

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...

Harness the Power of Tactical Empathy®

Better listening. Better questions. Better outcomes.

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