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conversations.value: Give me a description for a story titled The Power of NO about Power, Imagine, Discover with the genre: Business & Money, Investing.
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conversations.value: Discover the secret world of systematic negotiation<BR><BR>It's a simple fact: You are negotiating, or being negotiated with, all the time. If you're not actively participating in that process - or if you're using the old, ineffective guidelines and strategies we were all raised with - then you're NOT getting all you can and should get.<BR><BR>In The Power of NO, world-renowned coach the author gives you his proven step-by-step system for structured, comfortable, compromise-free negotiation that will empower you to successfully get everything you want in every agreement you make.<BR><BR>The product of 25 years of research, development, and testing, this system based on solid, proven neuroscientific information about how the human mind reacts, processes information, and makes decisions.<BR><BR>You'll discover:<BR><BR>*The six words to say - at the very start of a negotiation - that will instantly shift the power balance in YOUR favor.<BR>*How to eliminate negotiation fear and anxiety forever<BR>*The one and only thing that will influence your adversaries<BR>*The number of times you should ask a question<BR>*The sentence to say when someone gives you negative feedback<BR>*The greatest weakness in any negotiation (and how to make it your greatest strength.)<BR>*The 6-point checklist for a successful negotiation<BR><BR>Imagine walking into your next negotiation knowing exactly what's going to happen, from the moment you sit down until the moment you walk out the door. Imagine feeling 100% comfortable and totally fearless throughout the entire process. Imagine never having to resort to a fallback position, concede anything, or compromise on any of what you want.<BR><BR>This is what negotiating should be like. What it IS like for the more than 100,000 people the author has coached and trained - who have collectively negotiated tens of billions of dollars in results using this very system.<BR><BR>Now it's what negotiating can be like for YOU, once you master The Power of NO.
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conversations.value: Give me the first four paragraphs for this story.
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conversations.value: The Power of NO
  How many times have you had to say no only to have it cause anguish, desperation, arguments, and anxiety?
  Even the hours, days, and months before you say no are filled with anxiety: "Should I?" "Could I?" "What will happen?"
  You are entitled to say NO to the things that will directly hurt you: fire, jumping off a building, drinking poison, overdosing.
  People readily say no to something as extreme and dramatic as fire. But other No's are more subtle. It might be harder to say no to cigarettes, alcohol, or toxic relationships. You decide what you say no to. Nobody else does.
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conversations.value: Give me four more paragraphs.. End with the sentence ' But it does give you this amazing superpower very quickly: you can feel compassionate toward strangers who are trying to stand in your way.'.
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conversations.value: And don't forget that the person you are most likely to harm is yourself. Make sure you don't do anything that can harm yourself.
  A simple example is crossing the street. If no cars are coming, then cross. Nobody is harmed. A more complicated example is when a competitor offers you a job but you are still employed and getting valuable information at the current job that could benefit the competitor. What rules are important to follow here? What disclosures are necessary?
  It's often hard to feel compassion for the people you despise most in life. But everyone is going through their own situation. Their own personal struggles with loneliness and isolation and fear. And then they die.
  Practicing compassion toward the people around you, both good and bad, is a powerful technique. It doesn't make these people treat you any better. Who knows—they might treat you worse. But it does give you this amazing superpower very quickly: you can feel compassionate toward strangers who are trying to stand in your way.
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conversations.value: Give me the last five paragraphs.
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conversations.value: I (James) have often said yes before I was ready. I would say yes to relationships that I wasn't mature enough to handle. Or yes to opportunities that I squandered.
  What happens during those moments? You can get sick. You can squander the energy you build up. You can physically hurt yourself. You can get depressed. You can fail.
  Then when you say yes, it's like dropping a pebble in the center of the ocean. Ultimately the ripples from that Yes will ripple outward and hit every shore.
  Claudia also runs yoga and spiritual retreats around the country. Join her at ClaudiaYoga.com or on Twitter @ClaudiaYoga.
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conversations.value: I (James) have often said yes before I was ready. I would say yes to relationships that I wasn't mature enough to handle. Or yes to opportunities that I squandered.
  What happens during those moments? You can get sick. You can squander the energy you build up. You can physically hurt yourself. You can get depressed. You can fail.
  Then when you say yes, it's like dropping a pebble in the center of the ocean. Ultimately the ripples from that Yes will ripple outward and hit every shore.
  Claudia also runs yoga and spiritual retreats around the country. Join her at ClaudiaYoga.com or on Twitter @ClaudiaYoga.