Founding Father George Washington has his famous cherry tree story about his honesty (which ironically was untrue). But Founding Father...

I have always been intensely competitive – in sports, business and in negotiations. It’s a strength and weakness. I remember losing a...

NOTES ON NEGOTIATION Written by Marty Latz, Latz Negotiation Institute Without Founding Father Benjamin Franklin’s extraordinary...

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I am unaware of any research into the negotiating habits of monkeys. But the monkeys in Bali do negotiate – at least with humans...

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I remember taking a labor history course in college years ago that opened my eyes to the hostile and contentious record of union-management

My Dad was recovering from emergency surgery to his abdominal area about 8 years ago when one of the hospital’s physicians told us that...

Do you know the Korean concept of “nunchi” and how it can help transform a good negotiator to a great negotiator? I didn’t – until I read...

“I got the call Friday afternoon. They were desperate. A crisis at their hotel put them in a real bind – and they needed all their sheets...

I met my wife over 20 years ago when one of my former law students introduced us. When I learned she grew up in Wisconsin, I immediately...

Our kids tend to be rule-followers, which is perhaps not surprising as my wife and I tend to be more rule-breakers. Not big ones, but I do..

My son starts college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois next week. Time flies! As the son of an author, he recently bought..

I met my wife over 20 years ago when one of my former law students introduced us. When I learned she grew up in Wisconsin, I immediately...

“Usury” is defined by Merriam-Webster as “the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates” and can also be used “in a moral sense,”...

Our AC unit recently went on the blink with the temperature in Scottsdale around 115. Yikes! We needed to get it fixed or replaced ASAP.

Sports superstars are a different breed. Many have been treated like prima donnas since they first exhibited otherworldly physical skills in

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I’m a big sports fan. Phoenix Suns. Pro tennis and football. March Madness. Not a fanatic. But I really enjoy watching elite athletes...

I’m in the behavior modification business. I try to change negotiation behavior from instinctive or intuitive – the way we have negotiated..