William Ury: Becoming a Possibilist

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

A healthy relationship—whether that's between two people or two nations—is not one in which everyone agrees; it's one where it's safe for differences, and we have the skills to honor all of our needs. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with renowned mediator and bestselling author, William Ury, about his new book, Possible and the insights he has gleaned through more than four decades of conflict-resolution across the globe.

If you only listen to one podcast this year, may it be this one! Tami and William discuss: Meeting animosity with curiosity; shifting perspective and the metaphor of the balcony; self-observation; how more silence leads to more cooperation; the 3A trap: avoid, accommodate, or attack; the link between creativity and conflict; why negotiation is more about listening than speaking; reaching "second order agreement"; creating a "golden bridge" across our divides; universal needs and the question, what do you really want?; humble audacity; the notion of bringing in the third side; the importance of reconciliation; and more.

Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

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0:00.0	Hello friends. My name is Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge. I also want to take a moment to introduce you to
0:14.4	Sounds True's new membership community and digital platform. It's called
0:19.4	Sounds True One. Sounds True One features original premium transformational docu series, community events, classes to start your day and relax in the evening. Special weekly live shows including a video
0:37.6	version of Insights at the Edge with an after-show community question and answer session with featured guests.
0:45.0	I hope you'll come join us, explore, come have fun with us and connect with others.
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0:54.3	Sounds True.com. I also want to take a moment and introduce you to the
0:59.1	sounds true foundation, our nonprofit that creates equitable access to transformational tools and
1:07.3	teachings. You can learn more at sounds true foundation.org and advance, thank you for your support.
1:16.4	Hello friends and welcome in this episode of Insights
1:19.7	at the Edge, I'm with the hugely accomplished and hugely capable William Uri.
1:26.0	Let me tell you a little bit about William.
1:28.0	He's the co-founder of Harvard's Program on Negotiation,
1:32.0	an anthropologist by training, he's one of the world's
1:36.6	most influential experts on negotiation and collaborative problem solving.
1:43.8	For more than four and a half decades,
1:45.9	he served right at the center at the heart
1:48.8	and in the heat of some very high stakestakes situations across the world functioning as a mediator
1:57.2	and negotiation advisor and he's taught the skills of collaborative problem solving to tens of thousands of people around the world, including military officers, labor leaders, corporate executives, and diplomats.
2:13.0	William is the co-author of the world's all-time best-selling book on negotiation.
2:19.0	You've probably heard of it,
2:21.0	getting to yes, along with eight other books, including a new book, which is what
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