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Creative deal structure–could it solve the housing crisis?

One of the most essential negotiating skills is the ability to divide up the risk, reward, blame, and credit properly among the parties in a negotiation. One of the reasons many people are so outraged at the financial collapse brought … Continue reading

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How do you set your agenda for the day?

As you know from listening to my podcast, I keep my TO DO list on paper. It keeps me honest about keeping it a reasonable length, and ruthless pruning items that I’m never going to do. But even so, my … Continue reading

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How big is your backlog?

I’m trying to get a sense of what kinds of things stay on our backlogs and clutter up our mental lives. When you don’t get to something on your “to do” list on a given day, how long does it … Continue reading

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"Self-promoting w/o being a jerk" — good topic?

Today’s podcast is about how to be self-promoting without being a jerk about it. I think it’s one of my better podcasts. What do you think? Should this be expanded into a chapter (or part of a chapter) in the … Continue reading

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What makes up your physical clutter?

Ok, my desk sometimes gets a tad messy. So now I’m working on techniques for whipping that desk back into shape. Looking around, there’s a clear pattern: I’ve got Books-I’ll-read-someday here, along with a bunch of incoming paper mail that … Continue reading

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