"Here are some other great standbys that I use in almost every negotiation, depending on the situation:
- What about this is important to you?
- How can I help to make this better for us?
- How would you like me to proceed?
- What is it that brought us into this situation?
- How can we solve this problem?
- What’s the objective? / What are we trying to accomplish here?
- How am I supposed to do that?"
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**Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[asking-questions]], [[listening]], [[negotiations]], [[empathy]], [[crucial-conversations]], [[interpersonal-skills]]
**Source** -- [[202507101253 - B - Never Split the Difference]]