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reaching an agreement. A professional negotiator often talks about five

secrets of negotiation: Prepare yourself with facts, Decide what you want to

achieve, Search for a win to win scenario, Treat others fairly and finally Get a

decision.

Learning to communicate well and to influence other people are

essential skills in business. But even more fundamental to your success is

learning to negotiate effectively with yourself. Believe me, better results,

stronger relationships, and more of life’s deeper rewards, all come from

learning to negotiate with yourself.

At first this sounds strange. Can you talk to yourself without being

crazy? Can you disagree with yourself? If you have an argument with

yourself, who wins.

It is not difficult to find examples of negotiating yourself from our

routines. In the evening you often negotiate to have an early morning walk

so that you can go for an ice cream during dinner. Or I know , my in-laws

will support me if ask some financial assistance , but I feel awkward going

back to them but to source the funds from my saving scheme. This sort of

inner tug-of-war often happens with every individual and the reason is every

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‘Negotiating with Yourself’ Prepared Speech by Sreedhar