I’ve just posted a new Book Tool package for the fantastic (and relatively new) book Willpower by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney.  Head over to the CuriousPursuit.com Book Tools page where you now have access to a whole TWO (2) tool packages!  Not too many right now, but I am resolved to get quite a [...]

In the last post I talked about finding out the needs of the other party and how important that is in negotiations large and small.  This post is a call to “never forget your own goals!” If you allow your attention to be pulled off of your own goals and objectives and give up what [...]

One of the hardest steps to learning successful negotiation is the paradox of knowing and honoring your goals while focusing on the other party’s needs at the same time. Why focus on their needs?  Because that’s where successful negotiation begins and ends.  If you can discover what they TRULY want and find a way to [...]

“Baby steps get on the bus, baby steps down the aisle, baby steps …” – Bill Murray as Bob Wiley in “What About Bob?” If you suffer from work paralysis, your problem might be that you don’t know how to take “baby steps”.  Just like you can’t eat an entire Thanksgiving dinner in one bite, [...]

I read The E-Myth for the first time while I was in college.  At the time it was merely a fascinating read that I tossed aside shortly after finishing.  I recently have come across a few articles, videos and other media that have reminded me of the book and so I’ve picked it up again [...]