906. A Day in the Life of a Contract and Negotiation Expert, with Eldonna Fernandez

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Eldonna Fernandez is a retired Air Force Veteran with 23 years of honorable military service. She is a contracts management, leadership and negotiation expert. Eldonna also works with women in a slum in Kitale, Kenya. She created Baskets and Beads to market their beautiful hand-crafted products. She is author of Think Like A Negotiator and the GoPINK Rules of Engagement, and co-author in eight books.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.8	Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.
0:14.6	I'm your host, Don Hutchison.
0:16.9	Every Monday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:27.1	On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do.
0:38.2	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, El Dana Fernandez, and our topic, A Day in the Life,
0:45.2	what's it really like to be a contract and negotiation expert?
0:49.0	Welcome, El Dana.
0:50.3	Thanks for having me. Glad to be here.
0:52.6	Glad to have you back on the show.
0:54.2	El Dana, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:57.0	Yes, I love negotiation. Negotiation's fun, and I love teaching it to people too.
1:02.1	Oh, good, good, good. Well, we certainly want to hear the whole story.
1:05.1	El Donna Fernandez is a retired Air Force veteran with 23 years of honorable military service. She's a contracts management,
1:13.9	leadership, and negotiation expert who teaches people how to think like a negotiator and leader.
1:19.5	She is the author of Think Like a Negotiator and the Go Pink Rules of Engagement, co-author of the
1:24.8	award-winning heart of a military woman and contributing author of eight books.
1:30.6	Adana also works with women in a slum in Kitala Kenya.
1:35.6	She created baskets and beads to market their beautiful handcrafted products.
1:40.8	Well, Adana, as I said in the pre-interview chat, we always start these day-in-the-life interviews with just a few overview statistics from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
1:49.7	So here's what it looks like.
1:51.8	Right now, well, this is about a year old, in the category of arbitrators, mediators, and negotiators, there are 7,700 in the country.
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