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🎄 Who Negotiated It Better? 🎄 This holiday season, we’re putting iconic characters to the negotiation test. 🎅 Buddy the Elf brings relentless optimism to fix his fractured relationship with his dad. 🏠 Kevin McCallister outsmarts The Wet Bandits with traps and strategy. Both faced high-stakes holiday negotiations. But who did it better? 👀 🗳️ Drop your vote in the comments! Swipe to see their negotiation strategies analyzed—and decide who takes the negotiation crown. We’ll be back next week with more matchups in our Holiday Negotiation Bracket. Stay tuned! #Negotiation #NegotiationSkills #Strategy #Consulting #Training #Holiday

I love this intro column from Phil Morris, our new @StarTribune Opinion Editor. This explanation he offers of his approach is great: "I appreciate unconventional thinking; I don’t lean into dogma; I don’t easily check boxes; what you see is not always what you get; I don’t shy away from the intersection of contentious and thoughtful intellectual exchange when it is kept civil; I believe iron sharpens iron, and I believe the best way to understand a community is to be fully vested in a community." Read more below. Welcome, Phil! https://lnkd.in/gMvmBPEA

Born a Red Sox fan in Rhode Island, I get the Yankee rivalry. But here's a secret: I won't judge you for wearing a Yankee hat to my open house. Maybe you lost a bet! 😂 In real estate, staying in curiosity, not judgment, is key. Don't judge a book by its cover. During the curiosity phase, which we walk you through in our course, we dive into FORD: Family, Occupation, Recreation, Dreams. It's about building bonds and making instant connections. How are you doing in the curiosity phase? #NationalAssociationofRealtors #Realtors

Born a Red Sox fan in Rhode Island, I get the Yankee rivalry. But here's a secret: I won't judge you for wearing a Yankee hat to my open house. Maybe you lost a bet! 😂 In real estate, staying in curiosity, not judgment, is key. Don't judge a book by its cover. During the curiosity phase, which we walk you through in our course, we dive into FORD: Family, Occupation, Recreation, Dreams. It's about building bonds and making instant connections. How are you doing in the curiosity phase? #NationalAssociationofRealtors #Realtors

Senator John Kennedy's Funniest Moments: Wit and Wisdom in Politics Join us for a hilarious compilation of Senator John Kennedy's funniest moments. Known for his sharp wit and humorous one-liners, Senator Kennedy never fails to entertain while making a point. From clever quips to laugh-out-loud jokes, this video showcases the lighter side of politics. Whether you're a fan of his policies or just enjoy a good laugh, you won't want to miss these memorable moments. "Hey everyone, if you enjoyed this video, please give it a thumbs up! 👍 Leave a comment below—I love hearing your thoughts and ideas. And don't forget to hit that bell icon 🔔 so you never miss an update from me. Your support means the world to me. Thanks for watching!" #JohnKennedy #BidenHarris #ForeignPolicy #GlobalTensions #PoliticalAnalysis #SenatorKennedy #BuddyHuggins #USPolitics #CurrentEvents #PolicyImpact #SenatorKennedyHumor #PoliticalComedy #WittyRemarks #SarcasticSenator #LaughWithKennedy #HumorInPolitics

Check out my latest blog post on incorporating Christian principles into business at https://wix.to/n39W8rU #newblogpost

"We love this industry, and we know this industry from top to bottom." -Chad Cline, Executive Vice President of Corporate Traffic Logistics. Check out this video to get an inside look at Corporate Traffic Logistics and learn about how it all started.

😱 7 Weird Things About Deborah Want to know the weird stuff? Here’s some of it. 1. I visited the world’s largest collection of antique beer cans and ended up with an article on beer can collecting published in Narratively. That article led Chris Kimball’s team to seek me out for an interview on Milk Street Radio. 2. Soccer (Football) fandom took me—and my family—to France to watch The World Cup, and I learned how to say “my husband has food poisoning” en francais. 3. I speak enough Spanish to order lunch in Madrid, enough French to buy macarons, and enough Chinese to talk with a three year old. 4. When Yale’s library called me to ask for my tax ID number, I thought it was a scam. Yet they just wanted to order a subscription to the magazine I founded (32 Poems Magazine). 5. As an adult, I took up gymnastics and somersaulted backwards off an elevated platform my first day. But I drew the line at vaulting through a hoop of fire. 6. I trained for and finished my first “mud run,” which included crawling through mud under barbed wire. This effort will not be repeated. 7. I encountered Congressman John Lewis in a Los Angeles elevator and novelist Terry McMillan in a Baltimore elevator. I really like elevators now. What's something about you most people don't know? #elevators #LosAngeles #gynmastics #Yale #arlingtonnationalcemetery #womensnationalsoccerteam #france

An excerpt from Chapter 3: “Although I was told that age and years of service were the only factors used to determine who was in and who was out, it still felt humiliating, which is why I chose to exit the building in the most unceremonious way. By taking the back stairs, I was not only avoiding an uncomfortable ‘walk of shame,’ I was sparing my colleagues and friends from seeing it. What do you say to someone who’s leaving the building with a lamp? Besides, I only wanted to visit one place on the corporate campus one last time before driving home…” Back Cover: If you’ve seen what I’ve seen inside and outside mainstream society, then you will love this book because you will have found a likeminded brother in me. If what I’m revealing in “It’s Not Your Fault: But It Could Be” is eye-opening to you, then you will also love this book because it demonstrates that there’s more to work than the daily grind, more to happiness than material wealth, and more to relationships than pet-centric lives. We live in a duplicitous society where we’re surrounded by messaging that tells us to follow our dreams and to be our authentic selves despite being bombarded by a culture that offers a narrow definition of success and only one way to get there. This book is based on real-life experiences that will remind you of the freedoms you still have, so you, too, can avoid the false promises of the American Dream. ❤️

'Luck' needs a boost! This message resonates with my mind ... it explains what soo many passionate and creative people are facing in organizations. Don't underestimate the (negative) power of powerful people that are not able to see what can't be seen because it only exists in the mind of the creator. It also explains the factor 'luck' ... don't ever give up ... but not always the right opportunity will cross your path. I think this is dramatic because soo many brilliant ideas got lost and forgotten. 'We' underestimate the needed support creative people need to help them pitch their ideas so they are able to touch the mind of powerful people and make them see what is not there yet. We have to give 'luck' a boost ... 🍻 Most investors are only interested if it already works and will bring Return on Investment. The same with other government support programs. But this is not what the world needs now. Now we need to bring disruptive ideas (Red Monkeys ... 8-) into the 'Spotlights'! Jef