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Negotiate Anything

How to Handle High-Conflict People | Bill Eddy's Proven 4-Step Formula

Negotiate Anything

American Negotiation Institute

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7748 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Why do some people seem addicted to conflict — and what can we actually do about it? In this powerful episode, conflict resolution expert Bill Eddy breaks down the four key traits of high-conflict personalities and teaches us how to deal with them — without losing our minds. -Learn Bill Eddy’s “BIFF” Response Formula-Discover the 4 types of high-conflict people-Understand why society is becoming more divided — and what to do about it Connect with Bill www.highconflictinstitute.com Bill Eddy's Bookstore Contact ANI ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠negotiateanything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!

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0:00.0

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slash K-W-A-M-E. Today's episode is going to hit home for a lot of people,

0:57.4

because we're talking about something that we all deal with but rarely understand. High-conflict

1:02.8

personalities. You know those conversations that spiral no matter what you say? The ones where

1:08.1

the person never takes responsibility, gets stuck in the past, or keeps

1:11.8

pulling you into blame. Most of us try to fix them, reason with them, or give them insight,

1:17.7

and as you'll hear today, that's the exact thing that makes the situation worse. And that's

1:23.7

why I'm excited to have Bill Eddie on the show. Bill is one of the world's leading

1:27.8

experts in high conflict behavior. He's a lawyer, a therapist, a mediator, and the co-founder

1:33.0

of the High Conflict Institute. And he's learned everything he teaches by doing the wrong

1:38.3

things first, so the rest of us don't have to. In this conversation, Bill breaks down why high conflict people act the way

1:45.9

that they do, the traps we fall into when we deal with them, and the simple shifts that help

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