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Negotiate Anything

How to Keep Going When It Gets Hard With Shawn French

Negotiate Anything

American Negotiation Institute

Business, Self-improvement, Education

4.7747 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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0:00.0

Today's episode is for anyone chasing a big goal and wondering what to do when life hits back.

0:06.0

My guest today is Sean French, the creator of the Determined Society and a guy who lives by one idea, take the big swing.

0:14.0

Sean's story starts with baseball. From a young age, he believed that he could make it to the top and he worked like it.

0:19.0

But the pathway was not clean he

0:21.6

dealt with injuries big setbacks and even a serious health scare that could have changed everything

0:26.7

this one is about what you do when the plan breaks because when things get uncertain most people

0:32.5

slow down and second guess themselves or quit but sean didn't he. He learned how to stay steady, trust his

0:38.6

instincts, and keep moving, even when nothing felt guaranteed. If you've ever felt tested,

0:44.5

off track, or close to giving up, you're going to take something from this episode. Let's jump in.

0:52.7

All right, man, we are following up our incredible conversation that we just had on your show.

0:59.0

And now welcome to my domain, my friend. Thanks for coming.

1:03.2

Dude, thanks for having me, man. I got to tell you, dude, we do shows all the time, man.

1:08.3

And it's always a breath of fresh air. When you cannot just have a

1:12.0

good conversation, but you can make a friend that understands kind of what you're going through,

1:16.7

not just as a professional, but as a man. So, dude, just I'm, I'm elated to be on your show and

1:23.2

happier that we were able to strike up a friendship in such a quick, quick time.

1:27.6

Hell yeah, man. It's so great. And an audience, you will see why Sean and I have this

1:32.5

budding bromance. So, Sean, when we started the call, I told you about this mentality,

1:40.1

the big swings mentality. And the hypothesis is if you have the mindset and skill set to hit the ball out of the park,

1:47.9

the only thing that holds you back is your willingness to take a big swing.

1:51.3

And one of the many things I respect about you is that you have been taking big swings your whole life.

1:57.0

And I just want you to just walk us through some of the biggest decisions that you've made, the biggest

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