To negotiate well, you should do these three things: <\/p>\n
(1) Talk to God before you talk to others.<\/i> Involve Him in all your decisions. The Bible says, \u2018Both riches and honour come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.\u2019<\/i> (1 Chronicles 29:12 NKJV) \u2018Also, every man to whom God has given riches and possessions, and the power to enjoy them and to accept his appointed lot and to rejoice in his toil\u2014this is the gift of God.\u2019<\/i> (Ecclesiastes 5:19 AMPC) If God can negotiate the price of our salvation at the cross, don\u2019t you think He\u2019s qualified to help you negotiate successfully in business? <\/p>\n
(2) Think long-term.<\/i> When someone feels \u2018burned\u2019 in business dealings with you, you may make a sale but you\u2019ll lose a repeat customer. Billionaire Sam Walton said he rarely invested in a company because of where it would be in eighteen months. Instead he invested in companies that would still be successful ten years ahead. You may be irreplaceable today\u2014but you won\u2019t always be. And if you pressure your boss for a raise by threatening to leave, your short-term gain may result in long-term loss. <\/p>\n
(3) Don\u2019t be pressured.<\/i> Run from the salesperson who insists, \u2018This is the last day of this sale!\u2019 Generally speaking, when you return a month later they\u2019ll still do a deal! Many times they need your purchase more than you need their product. Your opinion deserves to be heard and respected. Just make sure it\u2019s at the right time, in the right atmosphere, and with the right attitude. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To negotiate well, you should do these three things: (1) Talk to God before you talk to others. Involve Him in all your decisions. The Bible says, \u2018Both riches and honour come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}