THIRTEEN
Clarify Your Positions—and Theirs
YOUR POSITIONS are the starting points. They include where you are coming from, where you are going, and how much or how little you can or will accept. These are your criteria or “boundary conditions,” as described in the Harvard Negotiation Project chapter. They are the constraints, the limits, the factors that must be dealt with and resolved in the agreement.
Your position consists of your best and worst outcomes, plus the minimum and maximum range of prices and terms that you can accept in reaching an agreement.
Clarity Is King
What are your essential conditions for a successful negotiation? What must you get out of this process in order to make it worthwhile? What are the most important things that ...
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