Jul
20
2010
by admin on July 20, 2010
I don’t care where you are, or what type of interaction you are involved in, you are always negotiating. Every day, in some way shape or form, you are vying for a top spot, offering some compromise or otherwise working to get something from someone else. You spouse wants to go out for Chinese, you want to go for steaks… Your kid wants to play PlayStation and you want them to take out the trash… Your mother needs you to paint her porch and you want to play golf… All of them, negotiations. Many people find this task intimidating, but [...]
Feb
17
2009
by admin on February 17, 2009
In revisiting part 1 of our series, effective listening is really about gathering information and the trick is in focusing your attention in a way to acquire the appropriate information. So what is the appropriate information? To help focus your mind let’s define “appropriate information” as whatever information will help advance your own interests in the communication. To think this way, you will need to: [amprotect=2, 3] First define what your interests are in a particular communication. Second determine what types of information can help you to advance in it. If you don’t do this your primitive, subconscious mind will [...]
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