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“Wow! That was a fantastic negotiation! It’s almost like you had him dancing on a string. How did you learn to become such a powerful negotiator?” Those were the admiring sentiments bestowed on a senior member of a negotiation team by his junior.

Do you know how to be more powerful when you negotiate? There are strategies and techniques you can employ to accomplish that goal. Discover how to implement the following strategies in your negotiations and you’ll become more powerful when you negotiate, too.

Pre-Negotiation:

• Planning

In every negotiation, your degree of planning determines your degree of success. In your planning stage, think about the strategies you’ll implement and what might cause them to become altered during the negotiation. Consider how you might challenge the opposing negotiator to make him alter his strategy too; the purpose is to get him off his game plan so that he’ll be more susceptible to following your lead. To do this, compile alternative strategies that allow you the flexibility to adapt to unexpected challenges. That’ll help you prioritize their possibility.

• Practice

It’s stated that practice makes perfect. That’s a half-truth because imperfect practice will only serve to make you more imperfect.

To enhance the possibility that you’ll have a winning negotiation outcome, practice implementing your plan. When possible, practice with individuals that possess skills comparable to the opposing negotiator(s). Attune your attention to things you’d not considered and modify your plan accordingly.

Conflation:

Always be aware of how you arrive at your decisions. In your thought process, don’t conflate disparate situations. If you do, be aware that you’re doing so and why.

By accepting conflated dissimilar information as being valid, you might lend more credence than what’s warranted to the skill level of the other negotiator. That will cause you to negotiate differently than if you’d not assigned him such benefits.

As an example, don’t over inflate your opponent’s skills, just because he’s negotiated multi-million-dollar deals. That doesn’t mean he can out negotiate you in your current situation. Don’t disadvantage yourself by thinking he can.

Mental Agility:

• Mindset

When considering the mindset you’ll adopt for a negotiation, consider the style and type of negotiator you’ll compete against. Consider the demeanor and mindset you’ll adopt to negotiate with that type of negotiator (i.e. soft, middle, hard). In considering the demeanor you’ll adopt, view yourself as being worthy to negotiate with your counterpart and project the image.

• Subconscious

Your subconscious mind speaks. Do you know what it’s saying when it does? Pay close attention to the feelings and intuitions you have during a negotiation. In some cases, those feelings will emerge from subconscious thoughts you’re having. That might stem from micro expressions your sensing (Note: Micro expressions last for less than one second. They’re insights that reveal the unrevealed thoughts of someone.)

Reading Body Language:

When deciphering body language, you must establish a baseline to compare to. You can establish the baseline of the other negotiator by observing gestures he emits in non-stressful environments. Look for gestures that indicate his happiness (i.e. the degree of felicity), sadness (i.e. stooped shoulders, down-turned face), indecisiveness (i.e. hand to forehead, slight erratic movement). If you can’t establish his baseline, due to whatever prevents you from doing so, compare his actions in the negotiation to what’s normal in such situations. Once you establish that baseline, you can use it to compare his future actions/reactions.

In every negotiation, there are advantages to be had. If you know how to enhance those advantages by the strategies you implement, you’ll have a greater chance of a successful negotiation outcome… and everything will be right with the world.

Remember, you’re always negotiating!

Memorable ideas concerning presents for Mum boils down to what Mum needs, and what Mum wants. Mothers are one of the most influential people in anyone’s life, they struggled and endured to carry us to term, gritted their teeth while we took our time emerging from thy womb, and put up with all our shenanigans while raising us. They gave us the gift of life, so the least we could do is give a present which they can cherish for a good long while.

If you’re struggling to find suitable presents, read on to learn two basic paths you may take to effortlessly make Mum smile during her special day.

What Mum Wants!

Giving presents for Mum which she wants will appeal to her emotions. She may have mentioned in passing about a dress she had her eye on in a shopping mall, or a pair of finely crafted earrings which tickled her fancy. Purchasing something which she craves lets her know how much you pay attention to her. She will appreciate the fact that you didn’t simply snatch something out of the discount bin. You made careful note of what she wanted, then you took the time to go out, search for it, and buy that one specific object.

Your Mum deserves what she wants, for she always did her best to give you what you needed, wanted, or deserved. Splurging will probably be the order of the day, but when you see your mother smile upon opening her gift, it will have all been worth it.

What Mum Needs!

Gifting some presents for Mum which she needs will satisfy her ever-present sense of practicality. Mothers, by nature, sweep aside almost anything which does not meet their requirements for fulfilling life’s needs. They are ingrained with the mindset that basic needs must be met at all costs. You’ve witnessed it all your life, now you can continue the tradition by having her own something new, knowing it will be used on a nearly daily basis. A rechargeable sonic toothbrush comes to mind, to ease the stress of dental visits.

To ensure you give something she requires, maybe you could simply ask Mum what is it which she is in need of. Does she need a new pair of prescription reading glasses? Will she be better off with a simple phone which has an easy to operate numerical keypad? How about a set of woolen shawls to ward off many a cold night?

If you plan carefully, you may be able to combine the best of both worlds, and acquire that seemingly unobtainable combination of both a want and a need. She could be thrilled with new, technologically advanced kitchen appliances (nothing like a home-cooked meal with Mom at the helm, right?), or a gift card to her favorite store (she wants something, and you’ve given her the means to obtain it).

Presents for Mum align either towards what she wants, or what she needs, perhaps a little bit of both should you be fortunate enough to combine the two. Though knowing the adoring nature of such beloved people, you present can be anything, as long as it’s given from the heart.

These days companies are using Internet like never before, it is used for advertising, branding and for providing information to customers. The web is saturated with websites trying to market various products and services and with so much competition around there is always a pressing need to stand out of the crowd by presenting information enticingly.

In order to present data in an enticing manner, it is essential to implement data visualization tools while building websites or internet applications. Data visualization tools help in presenting information in an interactive manner and also facilitate display of data in interesting ways such as charts, maps or gauges.

Interactive maps are an excellent medium for presenting data and they can be used in reports, presentations or in real-time digital dashboards. An interactive map allows you to display information about each individual region. The data pertaining to a particular region becomes visible when the mouse cursor hovers over it. These maps have immense potential and they can be implied in many ways.

Companies from various industry segments have come up with innovative implications of interactive Flash maps. Airlines companies use interactive maps to show seat allocation, thereby allowing customers to book a seat of their choice. Travel portals and hotels sites make extensive use of Flash maps to show hotel locations along with other details such as address, contact details and availability. In some cases prospective customers even get to see the layout of the hotel and then book a room of their choice.

Multi-national organizations such as banks use maps for many purposes such as data analysis, product and market analysis etc. Here is a hypothetical situation in which banks can use Flash maps to aid in decision making. Prior to launching a particular product in the global market, banks can easily undertake an analysis of sales of similar products. Here maps may be employed to denote regions of high and low potential.

Most Flash map tools allow automatic coloring of different segments of the data range, so it is possible to automatically generate a color coded map that helps in identifying regions of high and low potential. Flash maps are also used extensively by consumer electronics companies. These companies put up Flash maps on their websites to help potential customers find authorized dealers and service centers.

Flash maps are rapidly gaining popularity and increasing number of designers are implementing them in their projects. One of the reasons behind the phenomenal success of Flash maps is the fact they can be customized extensively.