Day 197 of 2026
“The Sleepover Gambit”
Because you always ask something and you get a yes and you just keep going till you run out of yeses.
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NEGOTIATION TACTICS (A PRIMER)
Item 1: Open with flattery. Use both hands.
Item 2: Construct a scoreboard. Skew the data.
Item 3: Recruit the dog. The dog is always neutral. The dog is never neutral.
Item 4: The eyebrow across the room knows everything you know.
Item 5: Keep pitching. The room's attention is a thing with a door.
Item 6: Winter light is not on your side. It shows too much.
Item 7: Confidence is not a bluff if you haven't checked.
Item 8: The third column of the scoreboard reads ???
Item 9: This is how all the good arguments begin.