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The Top 3 Negotiation Challenges & How to Overcome Them

How can you keep cognitive biases from ruining a negotiation? How should you handle it when your counterpart lies to you? Is it possible to negotiate from a weak position and come out on top? In Negotiation Genius, Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman look into some common obstacles during negotiations that can impede your ability to understand and communicate with your counterpart. These obstacles include cognitive bias, deception, and a weak position. Take a look at these negotiation challenges, and learn how to overcome them.

How Diverse Skills Can Help You Get the Lifestyle You Want

Are you a specialist in just one area? If so, are you aware of how that could be holding you back? Retired astrophysicist Jacob Lund Fisker argues in Early Retirement Extreme that it’s possible to break out of the unsatisfying cycle of consumerism. Part of the equation is increasing your financial security by diversifying your skills. Read more to discover how diverse skills can help you get the lifestyle you want.

The Benefits of Public Speaking: Why It’s Life’s Most Important Skill

What careers entail communicating to an audience, either in a conference room or an auditorium? In your personal life, when could you be called upon to speak in front of others? Legendary author and lecturer Dale Carnegie believes that the most important skill in life is public speaking. It provides fulfillment, and it opens countless doors of opportunity. In Public Speaking for Success, he discusses the benefits of public speaking, including influence and confidence-building. Read more to discover why Carnegie says that public speaking is such a valuable skill.

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier: Overview

What is Blood, Sweat, and Pixels about? Why is making a video game so hard? Blood, Sweat, and Pixels describes the many challenges video game developers face in the industry. A couple of these includes constantly evolving technology and adhering to a schedule during development. Read below for a brief overview of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier.

3 Benefits of Failure You Can Use as a Springboard to Success

How to Deal With Failure at Work and Build Resilience

Why isn’t comedian and actor Patton Oswalt afraid to take risks? What gives filmmaker David Lynch creative freedom? All of the world’s most successful people have this in common: They’ve failed. Regardless of who you are, failure happens. But, those who find success have first found a way to leverage failure. Tim Ferriss shares the advice he got from several people about how to use failure as a springboard to success. Read more to learn three benefits of failure that successful people recognize.

When to Say No: Freeing Up Time to Say Yes to What Matters Most

Do you find it hard to say no to requests and opportunities? What if you were more free to pick and choose how you commit yourself? You’re not limitless. Neither is your time. So, knowing how and when to say no is a highly valuable skill to have. When Tim Ferriss solicited life and career advice from experts in various fields, several of them stressed the importance of establishing and sticking to boundaries in order to protect your priorities. Read more for insights that will help you know where to draw the line and when to say no.

Tribe of Mentors: Tim Ferriss Gets Advice From World-Class Experts

Where do you go for advice? What if you had a tribe of mentors to consult about your life and career? In Tribe of Mentors, Tim Ferriss distills advice from more than 130 world-class experts such as actor Ben Stiller, entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, and media mogul Ariana Huffington. Ferriss reached out to these experts and compiled their advice when he was seeking direction in his own life. Continue reading for an overview of this book that can help you, too, find direction.

How to Make 10,000 Dollars Fast: The 10-Day Challenge

Do you want to make 10,000 dollars in just ten days? What are the steps to completing this ten-day challenge? Some people spend months trying to make 10,000 dollars, but you can do it in just ten days. With the help of Rachel Rodgers’ We Should All Be Millionaires, your wealth will skyrocket in just over a week. Keep reading to learn how to make 10,000 dollars fast.

How to Ask for More Money and Promote Your Value

Guaranteed Basic Income: Creating A Better Tomorrow

Do you believe you deserve a promotion at work? How should you ask for more money? Money is a complicated topic that people like to dance around. But at the end of the day, people rely on money for rent, food, clothes, and more. That’s why you need to learn what you’re worth so you know you’re getting paid the right amount. Let’s look at how to ask for more money that you deserve.

How to Go Easy on Yourself on the Difficult Path to Success

Where’s that sweet spot between pushing yourself to achieve and being too hard on yourself? How might you bring more lightheartedness into your self-discipline? In Tribe of Mentors, Tim Ferriss shares advice from scores of experts in various fields on how to identify what matters most to you, how to navigate non-traditional career paths, how to appreciate failure, and more. Some of the counsel is about being kind to yourself in the process of pursuing your goals. Read more for advice on how to go easy on yourself and stop worrying that you’re not smashing all expectations perfectly.