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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton · 9 HN comments
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Since its original publication nearly thirty years ago, Getting to Yes has helped millions of people learn a better way to negotiate. One of the primary business texts of the modern era, it is based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution. Getting to Yes offers a proven, step-by-step strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict. Thoroughly updated and revised, it offers readers a straight- forward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting angry-or getting taken. "This is by far the best thing I've ever read about negotiation. It is equally relevant for the individual who would like to keep his friends, property, and income and the statesman who would like to keep the peace." --John Kenneth Galbraith.
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These blogs post from @patio11 talk about salary negotiation [1] [2]

The book he recommends for negotiation is "Getting to Yes" by Roger Fisher. [3]

Like you, I would appreciate recommendation for the rest.

[1] http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/

[2] http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...

[3] https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-Wit...

Jan 21, 2015 · benihana on The Ronco Principle
Getting To Yes, if you haven't read it, might be a good read for you. It's specifically about negotiating, but in general, the theme of the book is mutually beneficial arrangements are vastly superior to one sided arrangements.

I've been in similar situations to the one you described and I wish I had some of the knowledge and skills I have now. I could have helped the dude out and negotiated for some more money while doing it.

http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-With...

"And most of us start with zero training."

I take from this that my life is atypical since both I and my three daughters took up negotiation training at about the age of 3 and worked hard to improve our skills from then on :-)

I liked the article, its true life is negotiation be it with your spouse, your partners, your kids, or even the taxi driver. I think a good take away is that if you have never considered all the negotiating you do, you might think about picking up a couple of books on it.

I can recommend "Getting to Yes" http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-With... as a great place to start.

For a really good primer in basic negotiations, take a look at Fisher & Ury's Getting to Yes (http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-With...).

It's a quick read but very useful, and these guys are respected in the field of negotiation.

joshkaufman
Bargaining For Advantage by G. Richard Shell (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143036971/) and 3D Negotiation by David Lax and James Sebenius (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591397995/) are even better than Getting to Yes, IMO.
"Getting to Yes" http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-With...
jyothi
Thank you. Got the book and read it through. Fantastic.
symbiotic
In the best class I took in all of high school we read this book cover to cover. It can be a little bit repetitive but as soon as I read the title of this post I immediately thought of this book.
"Getting To Yes" by Roger Fisher http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-With...
sethg
As a sort of sequel to "Getting to Yes", I recommend Shell's "Bargaining for Advantage": http://www.amazon.com/Bargaining-Advantage-Negotiation-Strat...
http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-With...

the best book on negotiation i've read. recommended to me by a vc who was a former professional negotiator. it's a great book and especially useful for founders raising money.

Nov 15, 2007 · nivi on The Art of Negotiation
The best book on negotiation is Bargaining for Advantage by G. Richard Shell from Wharton. I would reading Getting to Yes first to get the basics though.

http://www.amazon.com/Bargaining-Advantage-Negotiation-Strat...

http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-With...

davidw
Think these books are of much help to someone who isn't already good at bargaining? They look ripe for the 'squeezed books' treatment:

> Focusing on six key psychological leverage points...

Should be easy to summarize.

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