Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.