Hey, I'm Kwame Christian and you are about to step into the world of Negotiate Anything,

the number one negotiation podcast in the world where we teach you how to make difficult conversations easier while getting more of what you want in the process.

Each episode is packed with practical tips and strategies from the experts.

We delve into negotiation, conflict resolution,

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listen. Let's make every conversation a winning negotiation.

Dan, thanks for joining us today.

Kwame, it's my pleasure, man. Thanks for the invite.

No, it's a pleasure to have you. Listeners, make sure you check out Dan's LinkedIn page,

just constant high-quality content. So I am super excited to have you on and share some of your brilliance with the audience.

Oh, stop it. Yeah. Thanks so much for pointing them that way. We call it a listening tribe. It's free to join. It's free to stay. We just ask that you join the commentary, join the dialogue.

Fantastic. Well, how about we start off by giving you an opportunity to tell the listeners about yourself?

My name is Dan Oblinger.

I come to you, Kwame, from the middle part of America, the heart of America, as we say.

I am based in and around Wichita, Kansas.

My background is in police crisis negotiations, but I have made that transition to a business

negotiator as well, running a small business centered on speaking and conducting workshops

in listening and negotiations, but also running.

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