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Once people get upset at one another, rational thinking goes out the window.
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Good negotiators welcome – even invite – a solid ‘No’ to start, as a sign that the other party is engaged and thinking.
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…you have to keep away from knee-jerk, passionate reactions. Pause. Think. Let the passion dissipate.
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… while innocent and understandable, thinking you’re normal is one of the most damaging assumptions in negotiations.
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In dealing with incompetence on the civic, national or world-wide scale, the power of negative thinking has great potential.
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The power of negative thinking can help us avoid escalating ourselves to a level of life-incompetence, and so help prevent destruction of the world.
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If we practice negative thinking and creative incompetence, and thereby avoid taking the final step, the possibility of human survival would be enhanced.
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…the ability to pivot is no substitute for sound strategic thinking.
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Deep thinking demands sustaining a focused mind. The more distracted we are, the more shallow our reflections…
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Forget that resolve to diet. Lost in the digital world we mindlessly reach for the Pringles.
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