I'm very fortunate to live and breathe negotiation and I'm likely a bit odd because I believe that good negotiation skills truly have the ability to change people's lives. Over…
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Deliberately planting false information in a negotiation to mislead the other party is unethical. The plant could happen a number of ways too, and it's important to be on the…
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Last week Tuesday I auditioned for a spot on the speaker roster for the 2018 TEDxYYC event. It was an awesome and incredible process and everyone I auditioned with in…
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In the high performance business culture, rest and sleep is often equated with laziness. So many 'motivational' business people are all over the internet saying you should only be sleeping…
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The future is as bright as you make it. I know it sounds cheesy and I know it sound cliched but it's true. I never truly understood the power of…
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We have a funny way of viewing negotiations don't we. Most of us see it as something to be avoided because of the potential for conflict. Some of us see…
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We all make mistakes in negotiations. My big one is pushing too hard too fast. But there are some mistakes that I see reoccur over and over again. These are…
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I was going to announce some fairly special news today, but I'm going to save it for later. Instead I'm going to talk about something that generated significant debate among…
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I used to have a friend and colleague that used to say, "Half of the getting is in the asking." Can you get something simply by asking? Is it really…
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This post was going to be about the simplicity of asking for something but I got all revved up today about a topic that I hold very near and dear…
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