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Michael C. Donaldson (Author), Mimi Donaldson (Author), David Frohnmayer (Foreword)
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For Dummies Series July 8, 1996
Unless you live alone in a cave, you spend a good part of each day negotiating – with your boss, your staff, your vendors, or clients, with your spouse, your kids, and even your neighbor with the rambunctious rottweiler. Negotiating is all about getting what you want in life. And whether it’s closing a multimillion-dollar deal, buying a home, or debating body-piercings with your teenager, the basic negotiating skills required are always the same.  You’d be surprised how quickly you can master those skills, with the right coach to guide you, and you’d be amazed at how you’re life can be transformed once you do.

Get ready to be transformed. Negotiating For Dummies offers a new approach to getting what you want in life, based on personal integrity and persuasion, not tricks and coercion. In plain English, master negotiators Michael and Mimi Donaldson explain the six steps to successful negotiations and arm you with tested-in-the-trenches techniques that help you:

  • Get people to do what you want without threats or deceit
  • Always negotiate from a position of strength
  • Achieve win-win results in every negotiation
  • Build trust, goodwill, and mutual respect
  • Communicate more clearly and effectively
  • Advance your career
  • Reduce stress in your everyday life

Stop spinning your wheels in endless debate and miscommunication. Discover how much easier and more rewarding life can be once you’ve mastered the simple, easy-to-master methods for:

  • Identifying your values and creating a mission statement
  • Developing a plan based on thorough research and putting it into action
  • Setting limits and sticking to them
  • Maintaining your emotional distance
  • Fine-tuning your listening skills
  • Communicating clearly and handling hot -button issues with grace
  • Reading signs of resistance and receptivity
  • Dressing for success
  • Monitoring and controlling your body language
  • Closing the deal

How well you do, how happy you are , and whether you get what you want, or get passed over, have a lot to do with how good a negotiator you are. Let Negotiating For Dummies show you how to become a master negotiator.



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While this book holds many business applications, it shouldn't be limited to business alone: chapters cover a variety of applications and cover all angles of business negotiation skills and their applications to real life. From developing listening abilities to drawing lines and setting goals, this packs in valuable hints. -- Midwest Book Review

From the Back Cover

"For everyone who needs to learn how to get what they want with dignity and honor." Harvey B. Mackay, Author of Swim With Sharks: Without Being Eaten Alive

Packed with strategies for achieving win-win solutions!

Your first aid kit® for closing a deal

Includes the six steps to successful negotiations — explained in plain english Everyday, you encounter situations in business and life where you need to communicate clearly and effectively — better known as negotiating. This friendly guide offers expert advice on getting what you want, instead of getting passed over. The Donaldsons' tips will show you how to develop your plan, put it in motion, and make it happen!

Discover how to: Create your mission statement Put together your five-year plan Handle hot button issues Be a good listener Dress for success Control your body language

The Dummies Way Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (July 8, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568848676
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568848679
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #928,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How to make a normally unpleasent process pleasent, December 14, 1998
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Negotiating is not something that I enjoy. Now at least I find it bearable, perhaps even I look forward to it. Why? I now have a clear instruction manual on how to prepare. I especially like the tear out page with movies, books, and other reference material to augment the lessons of the book. I am certainly a better negotiator, if only because I want to be there.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars six easy steps to understanding a complex process, August 24, 1998
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this book is great. you learn how, when and why to negotiate. there are six steps to the process and many of the pitfalls are discussed. sometimes you have defeated yourself before you have started. this was the best lesson of all. no matter what your profession is. just about everyone can use this information
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A definite for those who are new to the negotiating game., December 18, 2001
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Having spent time negotiating sports sponsorship contracts, I have a new found love for negotiating. In reading this book, the authors have laid out a clear and concise program in which to begin, work through and close negotiatings. A great book for beginners and a good brush up for intermediates and pros.
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