Everything I Know About Negotiation I Learned in Order to Survive

These three principles and six essential skills help you get what you want every time.
Everything I Know About Negotiation I Learned in Order to Survive
The goal in a negotiation is not that everyone comes out an equal winner but that everyone walks away satisfied. fizkes/Shutterstock
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Driven to save myself and my family from financial ruin, I jumped into the deep end of the industrial real estate industry. I knew nothing about negotiating. All I knew was that I had to close deals—bringing interested parties together, getting them to agree, and seeing that everyone walks away a winner.

I no longer sell real estate, but I still rely heavily on the negotiating skills I learned. Sometimes, it’s a complex issue, but most of the time, it’s just a series of one-minute negotiations.

Mary Hunt
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