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Hello, my friend and get to the episode. Hello, my friend, and welcome to another episode of Negotiate Anything. Thanks for spending time with us today. It's listeners like you in

181 different countries that have made Negotiate Anything the most popular negotiation and

conflict resolution podcast in the world.

I'm your host Kwame Christian.

I'm a business lawyer, mediator, professor, and the director of the American Negotiation Institute.

Before we get started, I have two quick questions for you.

Is negotiation a critical part of what you do?

Do you need to resolve conflict and persuade at work?

If you answered yes to both of those questions, visit our website to learn more about our negotiation workshops. We've traveled the country working with professionals just like you, and we'd love

to have the opportunity to work with you too. Check out the link in the description to learn more.

Mark and Crystal, thanks for joining us today. Our pleasure. Thank you for having

us. So happy to be here, Kwame. Yeah, it's my pleasure. Well, how about you get us started by

giving us a little bit of background? Tell us about yourself and what you do. Okay, I'm best known as

the co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul and world's best-selling author.

We've sold 500 million books.

I've written 312 books, 59 times, number one New York Times, and spoken in 80 countries to some 7 million people and my wife.

So I'm a transformational life coach and clinical hypnotherapist.

And, yeah, my work is all about finding the best

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