What I'm Reading This Week

I get asked this all the time so I’ve decided to start a short regular post sharing books I am currently reading. I usually finish a book a week, so I will try to share these on a weekly basis. This month, I’m about done reading Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on it - an absolutely phenomenal book on negotiating written by former FBI hostage negotiator, Chris Voss.

The book has been very helpful to me in negotiating a MAJOR project I am currently working on and I bought the book on the recommendations of FBI colleagues for especially this purpose. It’s been a game changer. And beyond being relevant, it’s also well-written and hard to put down as a narrative story.

The book takes the viewpoint that life is a series of negotiations you should be prepared for: buying a car, negotiating a salary, buying a home, renegotiating rent, deliberating with your partner. Taking emotional intelligence and intuition to the next level, Never Split the Difference, focuse…