The many gifts of awkward SILENCE. - by Jessica Hagy
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It's the best reply to questions you wish you weren't asked.
I took a negotiation class a long time ago when I was getting my MBA (must know the enemy to defeat him, after all, bwahaha). And the single, most valuable lesson, the lesson that paid for that entire degree and then some, was this: SHUT UP when you aren’t sure what to say. Really. Someone asks for something that could cost you financial and/or emotional security? (e.g: Can you lower that price? Can you work for free? Can you be less of yourself? Can you accept this shitty offer? Can you just let it go? Can you just denigrate yourself already? Can you get/do/be this expensive thing without…
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