How to Negotiate Like a Child.How to Negotiate Like a Child [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bill Adler, Jr. Unleash the little monster within! Ever wonder why your eight-year-old has little or no trouble fandangling five more minutes before bedtime, but you can't get the most out of your suppliers? This book will show you all of the tricks of the trade used by some of the best negotiators in the world--our kids. Between these covers, you'll learn how to throw a tantrum tan·trum n. A fit of bad temper. tantrum, n a sudden outburst or violent display of rage, frustration, and bad temper, usually occurring in a maladjusted child or immature or disturbed adult. , play one side against the other, let the other guy think he has won, procrastinate pro·cras·ti·nate v. pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing, pro·cras·ti·nates v.intr. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. v.tr. , win through sympathy, be disarmingly honest, call in backup (ie., My dad can beat up your dad), pretend you don't hear what they are saying, and the penultimate pe·nul·ti·mate adj. 1. Next to last. 2. Linguistics Of or relating to the penult of a word: penultimate stress. n. The next to the last. classic, take your ball and go home. The tongue-in-cheek book will help you negotiate anything from a million-dollar deal to a better seat on an airplane--even Microsoft boss Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. and Disney's Michael Eisner Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30, 2005. Early life Michael Eisner was born to a wealthy family in Mt. Kisco, New York, and raised on Park Avenue in Manhattan. have been known to throw a fit at an opportune time. Cover art courtesy Raincoast Books. |
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