one DAPSILOG please!!!

Saturday. I had a full run of the apprentice celebrity edition, and like any other good books, love finishing it at one sitting. The apprentice is the ultimate sixteen-week job interview, where 14 or the famous and prominent celebrities use their business intelligence in order to show Donald Trump that they are the best and representing a charity of their choice, wherein the winning project manager, get a chance to donate special contributions. Participants are Carol Alt, Gene Simmons, Jennie Finch, Lennox Lewis, Marilu Henner, Nadia Comaneci, Nely Galan, Piers Morgan, Stephen Baldwin, Tito Ortiz and who will miss Omarosa. Trump is wise in putting Omarosa in putting spark between the candidates. As always,im impressed how Donald pushed them up to their limit and fired them one by one.

The finale is between Trace, a country recording artist and Piers, a British host of the Americas got talent. Piers  take the celebrity apprentice title as he consistently prove that he may be the darkhorse of this game, but he is the king of genearating money when it comes to auction. also on this season, we are more likely to see the presence of ivanka and donald jr, than the accustomed carole and george :D i think donald is passing on his legacy to his kids.

Here are the things i learn from that season in terms of negotiation:

1. Be patient. Sometimes you have to wait weeks, months or even years to get the agreement you want. So take the long view.
2. Remember, you can’t overpower the other side by talking loud or fast. Every negotiation requires a different approach. If you are in doubt about how to behave, listen well and show respect.
3. Aim for win/win outcomes, like all the books on negotiating say. But don’t forget that you sometimes get to win more than the other side.
4. Only negotiate with people who have the power to come to an agreement with you on behalf of their  organizations.
5. Learn something new every day. You never know when a piece of information will transfer into a powerful advantage when you are negotiating.
6. Be willing to walk out. It will often move you towards your goals more quickly than agreeing to the wrong terms.
7. Put a dollar value on your objective - the most you will pay, or the least you will accept. Your opponent will sense when negotiations are nearing that line and will back off.
8. Understand what the other side really wants. (If you don’t know that that is, ask.) If you can’t offer it, negotiations are going to be harder - but not necessarily impossible. At least you will know what you are up against.
9. Identify bargaining chips that you will be willing to give away. Example: You might be willing put a new roof on a property that you are trying to sell.  But guard your chips closely and don’t offer them unless you have to.
10. Know the most important thing you want to gain from negotiations, but don’t reveal it too early. Once all the other issues are on the table, you will have a better chance of getting it.
11. When negotiations stall, ask “What would it take for us to come to an agreement about this today?” If you cannot offer what the other side asks for, call off negotiations temporarily to give the other side time to rethink its position.
12. Don’t hold grudges or badmouth the other side if you are unable to come to agreement. Today’s opponents can be tomorrow’s allies.

I should now look forward to the season 2 of the celebrity edition of the apprentice..