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As a negotiator, you will almost always want to look for solutions that will leave the other side satisfied as well.

…the first thing you are trying to win is a better way to negotiate – a way that avoids your having to choose between the satisfactions of getting what you deserve and of being decent. You can have both.

Trust evolves once we have enough evidence to satisfy our brain that a person or an organization is, indeed, an honest broker.

…though there is not rational benefit to most of our hobbies, we enjoy them because they satisfy our prehistoric foraging desires.

When time is constrained and limited… we attune to the now. We pursue different goals – emotional satisfaction, an appreciation for life, a sense of meaning.

Belongingness… profoundly shapes our thoughts and emotions. Its absence leads to ill effects, its presence to health and satisfaction.

E-mail response time it the single best predictor of whether employees are satisfied with their boss… The longer it takes for a boss to respond to their e-mails, the less satisfied people are with their leader.

In businesses where a higher proportion of employees report that their immediate bosses care about them, employee satisfaction, retention, and productivity are higher, and so is profitability.

…three things – autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward, are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.

…expected value is not just about money. It can be measured in health, well-being, happiness, time, self-fulfillment, satisfaction in relationships, or anything else that affects you.