#Deal-Making

Negotiation skill is the art of replacing others' words and judgments with your own in order to maximize profit. Ethics and sincerity serve as mere masks at the bargaining table, instruments for sale. One adorns language, weaves in conditions, and forever defers genuine agreement. Silence often proves the mightiest weapon, allowing demands to seep in like gentle poison. The performance of process outweighs outcomes, and the definition of victory remains a perpetually renegotiable option.