Book Titles

Start With No
The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don’t Want You to Know

By Jim Camp

Year Published: 2002
ISBN-13:
Categories: Conflict, Negotiation, Selling

205 Quotes Found

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Your anger following an insult is not under your control, but your behavior is. You decide whether to strike back in some way or to turn the other cheek.

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…no one in his right mind would set a goal over which he had no control.

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…many more of us can [deliver results], but only if we understand the difference between a goal and a result, between what we can and cannot control.

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Goals you can control, objectives you cannot. By following your behavioral goals, you get to your objectives.

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…if you don’t think this individual is worth the effort, you should think seriously about a new venue for your labors, because at this one you’ll be wasting time, effort, and money.

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What you can control is behavior and activity, what you cannot control is the result of this behavior and activity.

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By following your valid goals you obtain your objective. By obtaining your objective you further your mission and purpose.

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In the real world, the negotiation does not end when the paper is signed.

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Payside activity does have potential reward, but it also holds risk, and it’s hard work. This can thwart us – but we must not let it.

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When we have the habit of setting goals only activity that we can accomplish and that is genuinely productive, we’ve taken the first step to getting some real work done.

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