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What Makes Good Negotiation? “In business, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.” – Chester L. Karrass What exactly is “negotiation”? Simply put, it is the process of coming to an agreement when two parties have differences. A successful negotiation occurs when both parties gain a mutual benefit. Good negotiators are able to get what’s best for themselves without damaging the other party. A classic example of great negotiation comes from studying how Mahatma Gandhi negotiated the independence of India from British rule in 1947....

So when Andrea Electronics offered me a pair of its new SuperBeam Phones (SB-405 model), I was intrigued and they sent me a pair to try out. Once they arrived, my intrigue was soon met with disappointment. I’m afraid I wasn’t overly impressed with them, although there are some positive points I’d like to shed some light on before diving into why they left me wanting. What I Liked The Andrea SuperBeam Phones are definitely lightweight....

The Art of Humble Confidence

Do you love deadlines? I bet you don’t. In fact, I can’t name anyone who loves them… Except it is in the witty sense that Mr. Adams puts into them. In fact, I hate the sound of them whooshing as they pass, luckily I’ve learnt how to live with them, and you can too. Dealing with deadlines Visualise them: This should be a no-brainer, but you’d be amazed at how many people fall in this trap....

But how long will this rise in income last? The population of freelancers, gig artists and digital nomads is set to increase exponentially over the next two decades and is expected to attain the incredible figure of 1 billion by 2035. That means increased competition is on the way from low-income countries like India, Bangladesh, and China, whose populations of freelancers are set to explode. Freelancing, which was once the preserve of the white middle class in the US, is going to witness fierce competition from teenagers in third world countries who first logged on to the Web only after 2010....

The problem lies in how to keep our energy level high to ensure that you finish at least one of your most important tasks for the day. There’s just not enough hours in a day and it’s not possible to be productive the whole time. You need more than time management. You need energy management 1. Dispel the idea that you need to be a “morning person” to be productive How many times have you heard (or read) this advice – wake up early so that you can do all the tasks at hand....

Luckily, I have found a perfect way to eat healthy meals throughout the week without cooking for hours each day. The secret is in meal prepping. Throughout this post I’m going to show you different ways you can prepare your meals and eat healthy foods throughout the week. Let’s start. Benefits of meal prepping If you don’t have the habit of planning and prepping your meals, here are some benefits that will inspire you to do so:...

In Gmail, I keep finding it really useful to hit the Contacts button on the left side navigation area, and then click on a contact’s name. What comes back is a little contact card area up top (complete with picture, if they’re a Gmail user, or if you’ve bothered to add pictures to your contacts). Below that are all the emails between you and that person. It’s very useful for quickly scanning, and I find it a cleaner, easier-to-mess-with view instead of just applying a filter....

Maybe you lost your company’s big client. Maybe you forgot to do a critical part of that big project. Maybe you weren’t there for someone when they needed you, even when you said you would be. Whatever the situation, someone trusted you to do a job and you failed. Now you’ve got to tell them. The instinctive reaction to a situation like this is “duck and cover” — protect yourself by any means necessary....

Over compensating with coffee will hurt the quality of your sleep, making you more tired the next day. Monitoring one’s caffeine intake is too tedious when you have a long list of things to do. The best way to regulate how much coffee you drink is through an automated app called UP Coffee. Because caffeine comes in many different forms, the app acknowledges several sources including energy drinks and chocolate....

The good news is that there are many different ways you can do to improve your mental health apart from medications and therapy (though those are important too!) Some of these lifestyle changes ‒ eating well, resting, controlling your stress, and making sure you have an active social life ‒ are easier to implement than others. One such simple change to help boost your mental health appears to simply take a shower in the morning....

Some of biggest perks of listening to your favorite tunes include improving focus & boosting creativity. While you are exercising at the gym, try some upbeat numbers to get in the zone for an invigorating work out. You can also try some classical to just relax and unwind. This nifty infographic created by Lindy lists useful tips on how to use music to perk you up and even be more productive....

The mere word ‘etiquette’ feels old-fashioned, without application in a web-based world. I’m not suggesting that the Internet needs formality or help addressing emails, though. Instead, I think that the aspect of etiquette most helpful to those of us living a significant portion of our lives online is the ability of social rules to suggest a next step. At the very least, I think that paying just a bit of attention to old-fashioned manners can help those of us who hope to avoid looking trollish....

TED If you are not just looking for information, but also inspiration, then TED.com is the website that will fulfill your needs. The Technology, Education, and Design oratory forums that take place in California are a collecting of inspiring and innovative minds. In fields ranging from architecture, dance, science, history, sociology, to philosophy and beyond, TED invites all great minds to present their concepts in 20-minute presentations. It is hard to find a single TED oration that is not filled with inspiring concepts, motivating ideas, and worthwhile tidbits of information....

There are a lot of articles giving advice on how to answer the questions often asked in a job interview. If you follow that advice the law of averages will catch up with you and you’ll give the exact same answer your competition gave. To get noticed you’ll need to prepare for the interview more extensively and put some thought into it, and most importantly be honest with the answers....

9 Tips in Life that Lead to Happiness

However, there are some big picture things we continuously apologize for that we shouldn’t have to apologize for at all. Ever. Again. Our lifestyle choices Some of us want kids. Some of us don’t. We shouldn’t have to apologize for choosing one or the other. Or for changing our minds about it. And there are those of us who choose to be single and still find ourselves apologizing to people for that choice....

Don’t let anyone convince you that you can’t be happy with the choices you make. It’s a very common situation for our parents, and other people from the older generations, to doubt our choices when it comes to important decisions in life. They feel they know more since they’ve been here longer than we have. And they feel it’s their right to question our choices and to lead us to what they think is the right path....

Below are some tips on how to teach children not to lie and hopefully, prevent your child from developing deceptive behaviors. Why Kids Lie Kids lie for a variety of reasons. For young kids, it can start with fantasy. They may say to their classmate, “I sailed to Africa and back again last night.” We know this isn’t the truth, but their little friend may not know that this is a lie....

Most of us raising kids today did not grow up in this era of advanced technology. Our version of technology was a digital watch or the original Nintendo. With the internet being at the tips of our fingertips at any moment of the day, our children are also growing up in this new era of being connected to the web and other people all the time. This can be a scary thought, because there are some frightening people in this world and dangers on the internet that we don’t want our children to be exposed to or involved....