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Hey, everybody, it's Mariel.

When was the last time you negotiated something?

Not your salary, though.

Well, think about it this way.

Have you ever compromised with a friend or a housemate, partner, family member?

If so, you have done some form of negotiation, whether it was over

who's going to do the dishes, what you were having for dinner, or where you were going to go on

vacation together. I had some friends the other day, a couple deciding on what ice cream

flavors that they were going to get from the grocery store.

That's Joan Moon, founder of Moon Negotiation, a negotiation and career coaching firm.

She's also the head of negotiation coaching at the Harvard Kennedy School.

And she says, yeah, some negotiations are much higher stakes than others.

But the point is, negotiating can help you come up with compromises.

Creative solutions that go beyond yes or no, this or that.

And that can help you get unstuck.

It can really improve your everyday contentment, your satisfaction with your situation,

and it can really give you a sense of agency.

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