Tag: negotiate

Relationship negotiation doesn't sound very romantic or sexy, but it is the foundation upon which love is based. Without strong, conscious relationship negotiating skills, couples are bound for disappointment and frustration. Here are four principles of relationship negotiation.

Principle 1: Fairness is What You Create, Not What You Deserve

There is nothing like a partnership to bring out the best and perhaps the worst in us. When we are called on to work with someone, this is when our true colors often become evident. Our tendency to be selfish, bossy, childish, big-hearted, or to display our savvy people skills often comes to the fore. Marriage is no different. It is a union that certainly tests our mettle in the area of compromise and there is perhaps no greater place where this is played out than the bedroom.

Anger is an important emotion. It is an emotion that needs to be taken seriously. Like all emotions anger has an urgent message for us to listen to. The structure of an intimate relationship or a marriage allows many opportunities for anger, resentment, agitation, and frustration to manifest and show up; since it is a structure that you allow yourself to be the most vulnerable and have many set expectations.

Whether you are preparing for your first car-buying experience or you’ve bought many, most of us worry that we're walking into the experience unprepared or are afraid of being taken advantage of when dealing with a car salesperson. You're in the fortunate position that you're not alone in this process, in that your spouse can give you a trusted second opinion.

Car salespeople have a reputation—some of it deserved—of swindling customers. But most of the time when a car buyer spends too much money, it’s due to ignorance of the buying process.?