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The Art of the Win-Win: Strategic Negotiation

Like Duolingo, but for The Art of the Win-Win: Strategic Negotiation. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

24 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Barnaby the Bargaining Barnacle
The Art of the Win-Win: Strategic Negotiation
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24
Levels
3
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in The Art of the Win-Win: Strategic Negotiation

  • The first offer acts as a psychological benchmark
  • Anchoring is risky when there is high uncertainty
  • Counter-offers gravitate toward the initial anchor
  • Waiting reveals valuation range
  • Preparation and data must precede the mention of a number
  • How the anchoring effect influences the psychological range of a negotiation
  • The anchor must be followed by a rationale to be effective
  • When to wait for the other party to speak first based on information asymmetry
  • The sequence of events when successfully deploying an anchor
  • Mirroring involves repeating the last 1-3 critical words of a statement
  • Labels should be phrased as observations, not accusations
  • Mirroring creates a 'vacuum' that encourages the counterpart to fill the silence with more detail
  • Judging an emotion triggers defensiveness, while labeling it de-escalates the amygdala
  • The label must be delivered with a calm, downward-inflecting tone
  • How mirroring encourages elaboration without direct questioning
  • Silence after a label is essential to let the counterpart process and respond
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives The Art of the Win-Win: Strategic Negotiation the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

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Dropping the First Anchor

Arr! When a merchant bellows out the first price for a chest of spices, what happens to the rest of the trade?

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Where The Art of the Win-Win: Strategic Negotiation takes you

Master the psychological leverage and tactical frameworks used by world-class negotiators. Learn to move beyond simple compromise to create high-value agreements that stick.

  1. 1

    Psychological Foundations and Framing

    • Anchoring and the Power of First Offers
    • Mirroring and Labeling for Emotional Intelligence
    • The 'No' Trap: Why Rejection is a Beginning
    • Cognitive Biases in High-Stakes Deals
    • Building Tactical Empathy
  2. 2

    Advanced Strategic Frameworks

    • BATNA: Calculating Your Walk-Away Point
    • ZOPA: Mapping the Zone of Possible Agreement
    • Logrolling and Trading Non-Monetary Assets
  3. 3

    Closing and Relationship Management

    • The Ackerman Model for Price Haggling
    • Identifying and Neutralizing Hardball Tactics
    • The 7-38-55 Rule of Communication
    • Ensuring Implementation and Post-Settlement Settlements

3 sections · 12 units · 24 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

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