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

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

To beprepared is half the victory.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.