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you know every interaction you have is
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more or less a negotiation for a desired
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outcome from asking your crush out on a
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date to signing a multi-million dollar
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client it all boils down to your skill
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set now fundamentally you can negotiate
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anything if you know the following three
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things first what you want second how
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little you're willing to accept and
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third what you'll do if that deal
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doesn't work out everything else we'll
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be discussing is just here to support
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these three things and give you the
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biggest Edge you can get so with that
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said here are the 15 most valuable
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negotiation skills and tactics welcome
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to alux the place where future
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billionaires come to get
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inspired number one figure out what you
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really want or you're going to lose now
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you would not believe just how many
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people get into negotiation situations
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without having a clear understanding of
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what they really want and not having a
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way to clearly put it into words so
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here's very common situation oh you want
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to earn more per month sure here's 20%
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more work for you to do and we'll
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increase your pay by 20% we've given you
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just what you asked for but that wasn't
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what you wanted was it you see there's
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another important rule in life that goes
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like this you don't get what you want in
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life you get what you're willing to
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negotiate and for you to negotiate
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effectively you have to have a clear
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understanding of what you specifically
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want and what you're willing to exchange
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in order to get it and building on this
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number two negotiate everything there's
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never a circumstance where the rich
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won't try to get a better deal because
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historically they've always been offered
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one when they asked for it another big
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rule is if you don't ask you don't get
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starting today everywhere you go ask for
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a better deal without doing anything
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you're likely going to get 5 to 10%
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discounts just because you asked for it
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which otherwise you would have spent out
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of pocket and as a pro tip always ask
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the person who's able to make this kind
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of decision what can you do to get me a
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better deal or if you're talking to a
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clerk have them reach out to the person
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who is able to make those kinds of calls
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and get back to you even if you don't
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end up with a deal you end up starting
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that negotiation
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process number three the one who
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prepares more wins so by this point we
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expect you've made an effort to to
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figure out what you want from an
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upcoming negotiation so it's time to
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take it a step further ask yourself the
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following questions who are you going to
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negotiate with is this the person who's
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able to make the kind of decision you're
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looking for another protip is the boss
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will always be more flexible than middle
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management what is this person like what
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are their values what do they look for
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in a partner what is important to them
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what do they expect to get out of this
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negotiation what what is negotiable and
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what isn't what is there for them to
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lose if this doesn't work out how can
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you come up with a creative way to get
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both of you what you want this is an old
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war strategy that comes into play in
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everyday life all the time so the taale
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goes like this when two generals go to
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war both of them are trying to simulate
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what the other General will do on the
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battlefield the one who is closer to the
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truth wins this is why preparation is so
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important now here's something important
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every one of you should know okay if you
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realize you're not adequately prepared
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to negotiate it is totally okay to
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reschedule and walk
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away number four mirroring works until
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it gets kind of creepy now we know you
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guys are interested in secret techniques
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and tactics so this one's actually
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pretty efficient all negotiation is is
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listening to the other side and building
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enough trust so you can move forward in
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the relationship be it personal or
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professional
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this technique focuses on starting your
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sentences the same way the other person
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finishes theirs in order to build
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rapport make sure to use the keywords
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that they used in their speech now this
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is commonly known as mirroring and
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people have been using it in both a
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verbal and nonverbal communication for
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ages okay so begin your sentence with
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the last three words and then add what
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you're going to add afterward all
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mirroring does is signal to the other
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person that you two are very much alike
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and will get along great because look
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okay it is not rocket science that
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people are more likely to engage with
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those they find similar in nature and
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here's a pro tip we really want you to
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know do not overuse specific techniques
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because people pick up on it when you're
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doing something on purpose and it's a
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major red flag just because you read in
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a book once that you got to look a
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person in the eye when talking to them
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it's more than okay actually it's a must
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that you avert your gaze in the span of
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a 20-minute conversation if you don't
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want to come across as weirdo okay make
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the eye contact Look Away look back look
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away okay Our advice is for you to
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practice these techniques until they
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become involuntary and feel very natural
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for you number five tactical empathy is
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your most valuable tool now tactical
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empathy is one of those things that have
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changed the way negotiations are being
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done in the modern world it all boils
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down to making your partner feel safe in
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control and building the feeling of good
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faith between you two effective
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negotiation rests on building at least
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the perception of mutual gains there are
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specific strategies and skills that you
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can deploy in order to get the best
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outcome that you can get so here's a
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list of the most important ones first of
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all demonstrate that you are negotiating
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in good faith you're not looking to
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screw them over second be genuinely
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interested in what drives the other side
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if you know what they're willing to
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achieve you can tailor your offering to
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their liking
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third don't suppress emotion use them to
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keep that ball rolling fourth deactivate
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negative feelings and magnify the
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positive ones because this slowly builds
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trust and will get you to where you need
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to go and fifth look for the tells
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people will signal what they really want
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even if they don't verbalize it and you
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know what inside the alux app we
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actually have a expert course dedicated
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to building up your negotiation skills
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it's called Master negotiate in 15 days
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so this collection of lessons gives you
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the framework to create long-term
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business relationships balance your work
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how the hell you got so far so fast so
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I'll see you on the
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inside number six smart people search
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for smart
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tradeoffs always look for the smart
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trade-offs no matter what you do in life
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now here's what we mean when we say
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smart tradeoff so there are some cases
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where very little effort on your behalf
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could make the entire difference for
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somebody else on a personal level
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calling your parents or grandparents
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illustrates it perfectly it'll require
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10 minutes of your time and it'll make
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their entire day low effort leads to Big
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outcomes you can find these in business
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as well if you know where to look one
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phone call or recommendation of someone
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you've worked with in the past can solve
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a really expensive problem for the
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person you're interested in doing
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business with and this will carry a lot
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of weight in your relationship
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ship number seven make at least two
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offers at the same time and have them
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pick between them now this is an
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interesting tactic that helps you to
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figure out what is the best way to
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approach the situation in order to get
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what you want out of it so structure the
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deal in two different ways and have the
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other person pick one this will signal
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to you what they value more and what is
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the right way to win them over once they
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pick you have the control over the
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situation despite allowing them to be
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the ones calling the shots and one very
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important thing to note here is that if
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you have the power in a negotiation do
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not talk about it keep your mouth shut
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and play that game until the end number
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eight when negotiating with people that
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you care about reputation trumps an
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ultimate win now this takes a level of
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maturity to pull off sometimes winning
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is too expensive this happens in
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marriages all the time would you rather
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not talk to your wife for a week just to
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prove you were right probably not okay
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you're not stupidly winning a around
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you're losing the game when it comes to
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the reputation play let's say you're
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dealing with someone you care about
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you're doing business with a friend or
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relative although you might have all the
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cards and you could easily dry them out
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your reputation becomes more valuable
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than the extent of the win because
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you're probably going to win anyway you
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might as well win respectably this
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builds Good Will in your life and Good
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Will is important people will recommend
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you because of it and the long-term
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returns are much greater than the
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short-term
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wins number nine never let emotions
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block you from getting what you need now
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sometimes you won't like the person
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you're negotiating with on a personal
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level but you'll find yourself at the
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table because you need something look we
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people are all different right we grew
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up in different places we have different
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upbringings different levels of
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educations and ethics values knowing how
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to navigate this sea of personalities is
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one of the most valuable skills that you
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can have in Your Arsenal there's a fine
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line between tolerating and deciding to
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walk away now we've learned this line
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tends to move depending on how badly you
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need the result to go your way ideally
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emotions wouldn't be a variable in
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negotiation facts would Trump everything
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numbers would do the talking and Deals
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would close without a word spoken but
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that is just not how it is emotions not
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logic usually determines the outcome of
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a negotiation you need to master yours
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and then learn to read and change your
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approach according to what the other
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side is feeling at the time number 10
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get to that's right as quickly as
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possible because that's right is a
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magical phrase in negotiation it means
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both parties are in agreement and that
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is how successful negotiations are
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conducted the more one side agrees with
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the other the more inline their
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objectives are the more likely that deal
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is to close too many people go into
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negotiations not thinking about the
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other side or what their goals are
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decisions come from a part of the brain
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that's usually left unguarded that's the
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same spot where agreement is as well
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that's why you know deep down if you're
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going to say yes or no to a proposal
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because it's coming from within the more
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you can get someone to agree with you
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the more that pattern of behavior will
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show itself in that negotiation
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number 11 the UT ipick method now this
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is one of our all-time favorite ways to
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settle disputes it works from high-end
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business deals to the children in your
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own household so to explain it simply it
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goes like this let's say you've got two
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children and they're fighting over a
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piece of cake they're both fighting over
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and they don't know how to share it so
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the other one doesn't get more cake than
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they do well the U cut ey pick rule has
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one of the kids cut that cake in half
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and the other one gets to pick which
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side they want this way both parties
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have control over the outcome now
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ideally the first kid will slice the
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cake perfectly in the middle because
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well if they try to do anything shady
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they'll lose more of that piece when the
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other person gets to pick so use this
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strategy
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wisely number 12 negotiation is a mix
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between sales and therapy now some
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people never listen but some people
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never ask in order to be a successful
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negotiator you have to understand both
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and know when to use each there's a time
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for selling and there's a time for
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listening and it just so happens the
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more you listen the more you understand
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when is the right time to sell like why
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do people go to therapy they already
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know what's happening in their minds
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they're just trying to make sense of it
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right that's why they're there that's
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what happens in a negotiation you enter
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into a negotiation trying to figure out
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how to make it work and how to get what
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you want that's what both parties want
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you've met to solve a problem and the
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solution can benefit both parties
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anything else than that isn't a
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negotiation it's a hostile takeover same
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as in therapy asking why do you want
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something is often times more valuable
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than what do you want understanding the
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reasoning behind their decision will
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lead to Creative Solutions where other
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things get put on the table that you
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didn't even consider until
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now number 13 never share your reserve
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point now the reserve point is the
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lowest option you would consider taking
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all your strength lies in keeping the
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negotiation as far away from your
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reserve Point as possible never let
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people know the minimum you're willing
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to take the more you think about
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negotiation the more you understand that
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it's simply a game between two parties
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that try to guess the others Reserve
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point if you can guess the other party's
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Reserve point you win
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number 14 never give something without
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getting something in return now the
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worst thing you could do in a
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negotiation is give anything away for
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free unless you're feeling charitable
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this is also true in life too many
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employees pick up additional work
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without asking for anything in return
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that's how you end up working so damn
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much and getting paid so damn little
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there is an old saying that goes you
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scratch my back I'll scratch yours that
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one should always be remembered when
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going out of your way to make something
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happen for somebody else this is
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probably the only place where the rule
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of Equivalent Exchange mentioned in Full
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Metal Alchemist applies to real life in
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order to get something you've got to
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give something in return and number 15
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always have a backup plan now the worst
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thing you could do in entering into
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negotiations is not having a backup plan
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if you don't have a backup all you're
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doing is bluffing it takes away the very
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powerful tool your option of walking
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away the backup plan even has a specific
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terminology attached it's called batna
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now batna stands for best alternative to
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a negotiated agreement this is the type
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of info they used to teach us in
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business school by the way but we never
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used that terminology since though there
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is some truth to it how good is your
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alternative what kind of differentiator
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are we talking about quality price time
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to deliver you need to consider all of
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these think of it like this if you go
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and ask for a raise knowing that you
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have another job lined up at a different
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company if your boss says no how does
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your approach differ would you feel in
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control and powerful enough to stand
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your ground sure you will batner is all
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about acquiring as much control on your
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side as possible which brings us to
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today's question what's one thing you
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wish to negotiate in the near future
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we're always excited to hear from the
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community and we're always Blown Away by
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the support that you alexes show to one
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another in the comments and as for those
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of you still watching Until the End
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here's one of our mantras that served us
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very well throughout life today's bonus
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rule is that reality is negotiable okay
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because those of you who've been axus
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for a long time might remember this
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because it's something that we 100%
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believe in there are some things outside
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of your control like the place you were
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born who your parents are but your
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reality is not one of them okay your
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reality is yours you are living and
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crafting it based on what you expect it
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to be and what you're willing to give in
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return when we first realize that you
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can quite literally negotiate with
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reality our entire life view changed you
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can ask reality for anything and it'll
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require specific things in return those
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specific things will require effort but
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since you're already at the negotiation
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table you know they're worth it for you
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you want a big house life is willing to
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give it to you in exchange for x amount
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of effort you want a lovely family well
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this is what you have to trade for it
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that's what people really mean when they
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say life is endless
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impossibility you can quite literally
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negotiate almost every aspect of your
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life if you're willing to make that
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trade you can rid yourself of everything
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you don't like or don't want but most
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people don't want to make that trade
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good negotiations take time effort and
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sources big deals don't get closed in
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minutes or days it takes big companies
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sometimes years to figure out how to
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make a deal and you're sitting there
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expecting life to give you everything
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you ever wanted the next morning of
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course it won't take this moment in time
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to think about your reality and what you
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can negotiate you want a better job
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negotiate for it you want more time with
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your kids negotiate for it for anything
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you want there is someone that you can
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negotiate with we can't wait to hear
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what you do with these lessons alexir
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and what you will negotiate for yourself
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it's been an honor having you here with
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us today and we're thankful to every one
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of you that made it this far in the
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video just so we know your name please
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write r i n in the comments which stands
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for reality is negotiable this way we
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know our message got to all the right
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people we'll see you back here next time
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my friend until then take care