Surviving The OceanGate Submarine: How Difficult Conversations Saved The Lives of Jay and Sean Bloom

Negotiate Anything

American Negotiation Institute

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/services/workshops/ In this gripping episode of Negotiate Anything, host Kwame Christian sits down with billionaire Jay Bloom and his son Sean, as they recount their harrowing experience with the OceanGate submarine. Join them as they delve into the power of difficult conversations and how it ultimately saved their lives. From questioning claims to navigating bullying and persuasion tactics, this episode offers valuable insights into effective communication and negotiation strategies. We will discuss: The role of fear and intuition: Setting boundaries and saying 'no' Maintaining empathy and respect You will learn: Trusting one's instincts and recognizing the protective nature of fear can be crucial in making life-saving decisions. Prioritizing one's well-being and learning to assert oneself by setting boundaries and saying 'no' can have significant positive impacts. Curiosity is instrumental in gathering vital information to help evaluate risks and make informed decisions. By drawing lessons from the Blooms' remarkable journey, listeners will be reminded that the best things in life...sometimes life itself...are on the other side of difficult conversations. Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwamechristian/ The Ultimate Negotiation Guide: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/guides/ultimate-negotiation-guide/ Click here to buy your copy of How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race!: https://www.amazon.com/Have-Difficult-Conversations-About-Race/dp/1637741308/ref=pd_%5B%E2%80%A6%5Df0bc9774-7975-448b-bde1-094cab455adb&pd_rd_i=1637741308&psc=1 Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Confidence-Conflict-Negotiate-Anything/dp/0578413736/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PSW69L6ABTK&keywords=finding+confidence+in+conflict&qid=1667317257&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjQyIiwicXNhIjoiMC4xNCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMjMifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=finding+confidence+in+conflic%2Caps%2C69&sr=8-1

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0:00.0	Hello, my friends, and welcome to a very special episode of Negotiate Anything.
0:07.0	I'm Kwame Christian. I'm your host and I'm the CEO of the American Negotiation Institute.
0:12.0	And today, what we're going to do is we are going to explore a powerful story of a father and son, Jay and Sean Bloom, who survived the Ocean Gate Submarine
0:22.3	Incident. Jay Bloom is a billionaire financier with an incredible reputation in the business
0:27.4	world, and his son, Sean Bloom, is an up-and-coming entrepreneur with a number of successful
0:32.9	business ventures. They were offered the opportunity to come on the Ocean Gate sub and thankfully they
0:39.7	passed on that opportunity but it wasn't easy. And in this episode, they talk about the difficult
0:44.6	conversations that they had with each other and with the CEO of Ocean Gate that helped
0:50.2	to save their lives. Both Jay and Sean have a lot of business experience and negotiation
0:55.6	experience and they were able to apply those skills to these conversations and it led to the
1:00.9	best decision that they ever made. The Blooms have a lot of negotiation experience and they
1:05.6	were able to use that negotiation experience in this context to save their lives. And what we want to do with
1:11.7	this episode is tie it back to your life to make it relevant for you. Because we've all been
1:16.8	in situations where we might have felt pressured to do something that we didn't feel comfortable
1:21.3	with. And they help to highlight some of those skills that can help us to set effective barriers
1:26.9	and have these
1:27.6	difficult conversations more effectively, because the reality is, sometimes the best thing we can
1:32.8	say in difficult conversations and negotiations is no. If you're a listener of the podcast, you know
1:38.9	our motto at the American Negotiation Institute. We believe the best things in life are on the
1:43.3	other side of difficult conversations. And in this episode, we're going best things in life are on the other side of difficult
1:44.2	conversations. And in this episode, we're going to explore how you can use these difficult
1:48.7	conversations to set effective boundaries, gather information, and make good decisions. And if you're
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