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. Dave, thanks for joining us today. Hey, great to be here, Kwame. Yeah, it's great to have you, my friend. So how would

you get us started by telling us a little bit about yourself and what you do? Sure. So I am an online

instructor primarily. I have lots of courses on LinkedIn learning, which is where you have them.

I also do live speaking events and some consulting.

And, you know, through the years, there's been an evolution of my career where now I am focusing on productive leadership,

meaning I'm helping leaders become more productive and I'm helping people do leadership in the most productive way.

And one of those ways is about being more, more effective with how you're managing your time,

which is what brings us here right now. Why are we talking about multitasking on a negotiation podcast?

Right.

Yeah.

So it's a perfect question. And the answer is it has everything to do with

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