
3 Ways to Influence Behavior
How can you close deals without influencing the other side? You simply can't. Influencing behavior is key to success not just in business, but in...

VIDEO - Why “Yes” Is Killing Your Deals
Most people are addicted to the "Yes”momentum method and don't even realize it. This need for "yes" is killing your deals. If you're seeing that...

3 Keys to Negotiation
No matter who you talk to there is an agenda. Even if that agenda is on a personal level and it happens to be catching up or shooting the breeze.

2 Techniques To Fend Off An Attack
Have you ever been in a difficult conversation where the other person appears intent on pulling you into an argument or trading personal attacks? We...

How To Continue to Maintain and Build Your Negotiation Competency
The standard answer is practice, practice, practice. Repetition; however, is the mother of skill, but what you are practicing is just as important....

How To Negotiate Your Way to 3 Billion Dollars Like Jimmy Iovine
Jimmy Iovine is the business partner of Dr. Dre (American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur). Iovine cut the deal that sold Beats to Apple...

How To Confront And Win A New Friend
I moved into a new apartment. The parking spaces are tiny. Not only is my neighbor parked right on the line, I need them to actually move to the...

The #1 Key To Giving Yourself Negotiation Superpowers
To quote legendary extreme skier/BASE jumper, Shane McConkey “What I do on the hill is find an interesting way to do something fun.” Flow. Near...

Communication Skills: How To Get Buy-in Starting With “No”
Think of this as “You had me at ‘no’” meets “think like Elon Musk.”

3 Ways To Create Space For Yourself In A Negotiation
It is always nice to have breathing room in a negotiation. Not monetary breathing room, breathing room in the conversation. What we refer to as...

How to Find Fairness In A Negotiation
The old saying – “the first step to solving a problem is being aware that the problem exists.” On that same token, the first step to finding fairness...

How To Get An Edge When Buying A House
“The Chris Price” is how I got a 10% price reduction on shirts in an outlet mall after I was told there was no discount. It’s how I got a 20%...