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Bargaining for Advantage

G. Richard Shell · 1999

"Your instinctive negotiation style is a variable, not a constant — and the biggest gains come from diagnosing it and deliberately adjusting it to the situation instead of running the same style everywhere."

The idea

A Wharton negotiation professor built his course around a finding students didn't expect: most people negotiate the same way in every situation, whether or not that style fits — and the fix is knowing your default before you walk in.

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