It is a good question. I suspect not, but that is an educated guess. He was a small businessman who knew a lot about branding and one-way communication (business to consumer). I have seen a lot of people assume that, if you can talk, you can negotiate. I think not. There are some arts to it, and some simple tricks, and some dirty tricks. There are a lot of resources on negotiation. I thnk the real problem there is sorting the wheat from the chaff. The best ones (to me) resemble the better posts here based on congitive science. The worst ones (to me) are based on aneccdote—like my post above!
Benquo:
It is a good question. I suspect not, but that is an educated guess. He was a small businessman who knew a lot about branding and one-way communication (business to consumer). I have seen a lot of people assume that, if you can talk, you can negotiate. I think not. There are some arts to it, and some simple tricks, and some dirty tricks. There are a lot of resources on negotiation. I thnk the real problem there is sorting the wheat from the chaff. The best ones (to me) resemble the better posts here based on congitive science. The worst ones (to me) are based on aneccdote—like my post above!
Max