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the art of letting someone else have your way while they thank you.

means A back-and-forth discussion between parties trying to reach an agreement, each angling for the best deal they can get.

from From Latin negotium, "business" — built rather bluntly from neg- ("not") and otium ("leisure, ease"). So a negotiation is literally "not-leisure": the Romans defined work as the absence of putting your feet up. It passed through Old French negocier into English by the 16th century, keeping that flavor of brisk, unrelaxing business done across a table.

first offer
It anchors the entire deal psychologically
silence wins
Saying nothing pressures the other side to concede
hostage roots
FBI tactics now teach corporate dealmakers
walk away
Best leverage is willingness to leave
flinch
Visibly reacting to a price often lowers it
for instance

camp david accords — israel and egypt peace treaty negotiated by jimmy carter in 1978

iran nuclear deal — jcpoa between iran and p5+1 countries finalized in vienna, 2015

paris climate agreement — 195 nations negotiated carbon emission reduction targets in 2015

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