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    Getting to Yes with Yourself: (and Other Worthy Opponents)
    Getting to Yes with Yourself: (and Other Worthy Opponents)
    Getting to Yes with Yourself: (and Other Worthy Opponents)
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    Getting to Yes with Yourself: (and Other Worthy Opponents)

    Written by William Ury

    Narrated by William Ury

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    William Ury, coauthor of the international bestseller Getting to Yes, returns with another groundbreaking book, this time asking: how can we expect to get to yes with others if we haven’t first gotten to yes with ourselves?

    Renowned negotiation expert William Ury has taught tens of thousands of people from all walks of life—managers, lawyers, factory workers, coal miners, schoolteachers, diplomats, and government officials—how to become better negotiators. Over the years, Ury has discovered that the greatest obstacle to successful agreements and satisfying relationships is not the other side, as difficult as they can be. The biggest obstacle is actually our own selves—our natural tendency to react in ways that do not serve our true interests.

    But this obstacle can also become our biggest opportunity, Ury argues. If we learn to understand and influence ourselves first, we lay the groundwork for understanding and influencing others. In this prequel to Getting to Yes, Ury offers a seven-step method to help you reach agreement with yourself first, dramatically improving your ability to negotiate with others.

    Practical and effective, Getting to Yes with Yourself helps readers reach good agreements with others, develop healthy relationships, make their businesses more productive, and live far more satisfying lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJan 20, 2015
    ISBN9780062372314
    Author

    William Ury

    William Ury, cofounder of Harvard's Program on Negotiation, is one of the world's best-known and most influential experts on negotiation. He has served as a mediator in boardroom battles, labor conflicts, and civil wars around the world. Ury is the coauthor of Getting to Yes, the bestselling negotiation book in the world, and seven other books, including the New York Times bestsellers Getting Past No and The Power of a Positive No. An avid hiker, he lives with his family in Colorado.

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    • 5/5
      I truly wish everyone would read this book. Change the world by changing yourself! The key to world peace is inner peace.
      William Ury is a properly inspirational human.
    • 5/5
      Extraordinary message inside this book. I loved it. I hope everybody can read it and understand the message.
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      Great audio book thanks rue opening educational interesting informative cool
    • 5/5
      "The key to peace is inner peace" William Ury. What a great book. If your are looking for how to find that inner peace, then read this book. Very highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      Wise words of wisdom with positive mindset. I read it and enjoyed the audio version as well
    • 5/5
      Made me cry and eyes open on a Saturday afternoon in a school yard, after escaping from an argument at home feeling self pity about the situation
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      Really really good. Sage. I wish that everyone would listen to it.....
    • 5/5
      When a client recommended this book I didn’t expect to get as much insight as I did. The introspective approach was enlightening.
    • 5/5
      Nice book for people that seek inner peace. A nice book to listen to.
    • 5/5
      This book is one of the greatest books in business