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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I knew we were going to go back to that city the next year so negotiated with the hotel that if I booked the next event at their venue would they waive the cancellation fee. Negotiation As you saw above, negotiation is possible. Fortunately, they were able to waive it and we only lost our $500 deposit. It is always worth asking.

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What to Do When Your Client is Boring | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Sometimes I think people are afraid to be loose even in a business phone conversation because we’ve been taught to “negotiate,&# "keep up your guard,&# don’t show your hand.&# Uh, we finish when the kids get home from school or it ticks past 10.00pm in one of our respective time zones? Just be you. Been there.

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