Conventional negotiating wisdom has always said to let the other person make the first offer. Maybe their offer was higher than yours. By making the first offer, you could be leaving a lot on the table….right? Robert Cialdini, the author of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, gives some insight into why you should make the first offer: “Suppose you want me to agree …
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