Getting to Yes offers valuable negotiation tips and techniques designed to help you set your criteria, deal effectively with your opposition and ultimately achieve your objectives.
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Table of Contents

I THE PROBLEM
1 Don't Bargain Over Positions

II THE METHOD
2 Separate the PEOPLE from the Problem
3 Focus on INTERESTS, Not Positions
4 Invent OPTIONS for Mutual Gain
5 Insist on Using Objective CRITERIA

III YES, BUT...
6 What If They Are More Powerful? (Develop Your BATNA - Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement)
7 What If They Won't Play? (Use Negotiation Jujitsu)
8 What If They Use Dirty Tricks? (Taming the Hard Bargainer)

IV IN CONCLUSION

V TEN QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK ABOUT GETTING TO YES:
Questions About Fairness and "Principled" Negotiation
Question 1: "Does positional bargaining ever make sense?"
Question 2: "What if the other side believes in a different standard of fairness?"
Question 3: "Should I be fair if I don't have to be?"

Questions About Dealing with People
Question 4: "What do I do if the people are the problem?"
Question 5: "Should I negotiate even with terrorists or someone like Hitler? When does it make sense not to negotiate?"
Question 6: "How should I adjust my negotiating approach to account for differences of personality, gender, culture, and so on?"

Questions about Tactics
Question 7: "How do I decide things like `Where should we meet?", "Who should make the first offer?' and "How high should I start?"
Question 8: "Concretely, how do I move from inventing options to making commitments?"
Question 9: "How do I try out these ideas without taking too much risk?"

Questions About Power
Question 10: "Can the way I negotiate really make a difference if the other side is more powerful?" And "How do I enhance my negotiating power?"

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