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Category Archives: Negotiation
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How do good hotels stay always feel so fresh and clean? Â Lots and lots of manpower. How the cast of friends banded together to leverage their per episode salaries into seven figures. Â Great negotiating story. Â Ctrl+F “breakout”. 7 Useless Money-Saving … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Business, Negotiation
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Spin
[Tom Sawyer] had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it – namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. – … Continue reading
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Tagged Marketing, Psychology, Spin
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Gambling on Discipline
Almost all people who become successful do so because they’re able to develop discipline. Â It’s not something they’re born with. Â It takes practice. Â Consciously doing what needs to be done now, foregoing what you’d like to be doing instead, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Gambling, Motivation, Psychology
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Stop. Breathe. Think.
One of the things law schools sear into students is the ability, and tendency, to argue. Â An early emphasis on being able to argue both sides of any case breeds people who argue just for the sake of argument. Â Shockingly, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Choice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Negotiation, Persuasion, Psychology, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Argue, Arguing, Argument, React, Stop, Think
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On Anti-Intellectualism and Examining Both Sides
Since Al Gore made his premature concession to George Bush in November of 2000, there has been a steadily growing cry that a good half of the United States is comprised of anti-intellectual buffoons.  How else could the right simultaneously … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Intellectualism, dig deeper, Question, Science
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Shut Up
Michael Bloomberg shares some excellent advice: Always ask for the order, and second, when the customer says yes, stop talking. Â I have watched more people make great presentations, whether they’re trying to sell to their family or in business or … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Communication, Negotiation, Quotes
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On Decision Making
A decision without tradeoffs isn’t a decision. Zappos offers me free overnight shipping and a $10 discount after I’ve already ordered?  I don’t even have to think about it. Decision making requires you to confront tradeoffs.  When you learn to relish … Continue reading
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Tagged Decision making, Seth Godin
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6 Easy Steps To Get Rich Without Worry
Yesterday’s post prompted some email questions about how I handle my finances, so I figured I might as well answer them here: What’s the easiest way to get rich? Inherit Lottery See Below … … … ??? Build and sell … Continue reading
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Tagged Automation, Finances, Get Rich, Income, Investment, iwillteachyoutoberich, Money, Personal Finance, Plan, Ramit Sethi, Retire, Spend
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How To Get Anyone To Help You Do Anything
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.†– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Tagged Motivation, Negotiation, Persuasion, Productivity, Quotes
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Being Absurd: It Works
We’ve talked before about how an anchor point can seriously change the course of any negotiation. This effect, where you plant a number in someone’s mind, works because people aren’t terribly rational. They’re unwittingly susceptible to all sorts of manipulation, … Continue reading
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Don’t Take This The Wrong Way…
Once, when I was very small, I was walking through the airport with my grandfather when a man began running towards us. When he finally reached us, a bit out of breath, he extended his hand and thanked my grandfather … Continue reading
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Tagged Communication, Effective, Neuro Linguistic Programming, NLP
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How To End The Lockouts
Seth Godin is a smart guy. You know how I know? Not only does he have great insights and produce great work in his chosen field, he offers great insights into all sorts of different things. For those who don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged basketball, Brinksmanship, football, Lock Out, Lockout, NBA, Negotiation, NFL, Sports, Stalemate
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The World’s Most Valuable Skill
It’s not the ability to pick stocks or spot market trends. It’s not the ability to sniff out which wells will produce oil or which methods will cure cancer. It’s not the ability to mange people or leverage their talents … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Awareness, Cooking, Curiosity, Photography, Self Improvement, Skill, Valuable, Value
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That’s Not Fair
What revolves around the Earth? “Henri looked down in concentration as the answer choices were read aloud: (A) The moon, (B) The sun, (C) Mars, (D) Venus. Henri reread the question out loud and mulled the choices over in his … Continue reading
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