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Avoid Meetings At Any Cost, Or At Least Get Most Of It

Meetings are the biggest waste of time. Lowest ROI ever. Here is what is needed to set and run the meeting:

Waste time trying to find available time slot suitable for every attendee.
Waste time coordinating the room.
Waste time traveling to the meeting place.
Waste time for unnecessary small talk at the beginning of the […]

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Never Set Final Price Up Front When Negotiating

I would love to avoid negotiation and just get what I want. Turns out it does not work like this. I needed to negotiate my salary, my home price when I was selling, when I was buying new one, and some more cases. I’ve done couple of times same mistake telling the other party up front […]

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Go Tribal When Preparing To Hard Talk Meeting

Music helps me get into desired mood.
When I drive home after hard work day I listen to ambient, William Orbit is one of my favorites. When working I listen to smooth jazz, I like http://www.kwjz.com Internet radio. But when I need to get into assertive state of mind I listen to something like ACDC […]

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