From the friendly caves of Pixie Hollow.
Today I got to give advice to my younger self.
This little clone is my niece, who's going to turn 18 later this year.
She's awesome for coming to you with statements that you know she wants another perspective on.
Today it was things like renting, handling parent restrictions, boyfriend, babies, caesarians, schooling, career, etc.
She wants to move out of home asap. Which is what I did, two weeks after I turned 18. I legged it to the Northern Rivers and bummed about broke AF for a year before going to Adelaide for uni. Where I remained broke AF until I was in my 30s. I had spectacular grades at uni, two degrees, a major uni-related debt, no assets, no money, no prospects.
I told TJ what my view was, how I formed that view, and why I think it's smarter than what I did. I'd like her to be asset-rich with good cashflow, and prospects that I thought I had but actually didn't.
I gave her some things to consider when opening negotiation with parents.
And I introduced her to some principles of negotiation so that she doesn't "always just end up in a fight", as she put it.
In return, she helped me make dinner and look after Master Bezrington.
Now, I don't know what your view is but I strongly believe that negotiation is the Number One skill that you absolutely require in order to do anything in life.
To gain it, you must:
- Understand the principles of connection and conversation (How to win friends and influence people is your textbook here)
- Be clear about what you want
- Be willing to be silent (Never split the difference is your textbook here).
While I'm about to put together a course on negotiation, that's not the reason why I'm telling you this stuff.
I'm telling you this stuff because if you're going to be accountable for the communications of a market leading company, you must be a fantastic negotiator.
And unless you know your numbers backwards, you'll negotiate but you'll never be fantastic at it.
Why?
Because the moment your worthy opponent throws you a question that requires one of those numbers, and you don't have it, you're toast.
The most powerful numbers to have under your belt for any negotiation - suppliers, contractors, freelancers, agencies, CFOs, budget discussions - are financial.
With financials, you can insist on finance-positive results as a measure.
With financials, you can demonstrate your position and your request for more cash will be met with enthusiasm rather than skepticism.
The question is:
How do you get this full set of financials?
You get them with the Content Asset Valuation Tool.
The beta of the FREE version is available now but ONLY to subscribers.
The landing page isn't done.
The pre-download-context video isn't done.
But the basics are done, and you can get access to it right now. For free.
xx Leticia "Time traveller" Mooney
Please let me know what I can do for you.
Leticia Mooney is a consultant with decades of experience writing with and for people like you. Her company Brutal Pixie casts the the kind of spells your customers love. It consults to businesses in content strategy, content writing, ghostwriting, content operations, communication strategy, audits, investigations, training and coaching. Leticia is also the mother of an intelligent, engaging, and curious boy, who is named after a character created by J.R.R Tolkien. You can learn more about
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