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tra<strong>in</strong>ed people <strong>of</strong> all stripes—corporatelawyers and college students, hedgefundmanagers and married couples—<strong>in</strong>negotiation skills. Of course, wecovered the basics: how to prepare for anegotiation, when to make the first <strong>of</strong>fer,and what to do when the other personsays “take it or leave it.” But I alsohelped clients figure out their naturalpersonalities and how to make the most<strong>of</strong> them.My very first client was a young womannamed Laura. She was a WallStreet lawyer, but a quiet and daydreamyone who dreaded the spotlightand disliked aggression. She had managedsomehow to make it through thecrucible <strong>of</strong> Harvard Law School—aplace where classes are conducted <strong>in</strong>huge, gladiatorial amphitheaters, andwhere she once got so nervous that shethrew up on the way to class. Now that40/929

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