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 about by the real estate bubble...
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What is hard work?
"Work hard and you'll be successful." "You just need to put in a little hard work." "Whew! I worked so hard today." We say things like this all the time without thinking about it. Recently, my bedframe broke and I needed the mattress moved. Despite my newly developed...
The Paradox of Choice – great video
Here's a video by Barry Schwartz, the author of "The Paradox of Choice." Having more choices seems to be a recipe for doing less and being less happy (exactly the opposite of what we all want). I want to work this material into the book somehow, but am not quite sure...
What would you do if you knew you *would* fail?
There's a motivational question people ask: What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? It's a good question for getting over the hurdle of fear of failure. For me, it can kick me into action. Once I'm in action, though, my immediate instinct is to do what...
What issues do you have focusing on your most important life goals?
@chrisbrogan was asking how to focus on life goals. Is this an issue you have, too? How come? What gets in the way? It seems to me two important aspects to focusing your life on your goals are: Know what your goals are. Say 'No' to time uses that aren't aligned with...
How does the concept of failure serve you?
In a rather extensive twitter thread, we've been discussing how "failure" serves us. The consensus seems to be: failure is a good thing if we learn from it. So if it's a good thing, why do we fear it? (Since after all, we can always elect to learn from it.) @candees:...