Make Difficult Conversations Easier With Kwame Christian (246)

Kwame Christian, director of the American Negotiation Institute, helps people make difficult conversations easier using compassionate curiosity. Show notes at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show246
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Are you being held back from doing something in your life or work because you are avoiding a potentially difficult conversation because you don’t like conflict?

As a recovering people pleaser, I can totally relate!

Kwame Christian wants to help you make difficult conversations easier because he believes that the best things in life are often on the other side of those kinds of uncomfortable conversations.

Kwame is the director of the American Negotiation Institute to help people make difficult conversations easier.   He also produces the podcast Negotiate Anything, he’s a practicing business lawyer, as well as the author of the newly released book Nobody Will Play With Me.

Lot of great lessons in our conversation including:

Why he calls a lot of his approach, “mastering the mundane.”
How he pushed himself past being a people pleaser.
The internal and external phases of negotiations.
The technique of compassionate curiosity and how it helps with difficult conversations.

Life Skills That Matter In This Episode

Embrace discomfort
Reframe your mindset
Manage your energy
Self-direct your learning

How Kwame Works and Thinks

Wake up time:  4:00 am
Core work activities + habits:  1) Finishing the book.  2) Creating content for the podcast and through LinkedIn.  3) Connecting with people.
Superpower:  Learn complex things and making it seem natural.
90-day goal:  Getting the book out and then promoting the book and workshops

Inspirational Quotes

“Negotiation isn’t the art of deal-making, negotiation is the art of deal discovery.”

“I’m more comfortable losing my way than winning in the traditional way.”

For those of you interested in putting together a workshop, Kwame identified these as the best ingredients:

1) Don’t be passive about promoting it, commit to it and doing it well.

2) Use the recognition and fear of a potential conflict as something to approach rather than avoid.

3) Let yourself be totally vulnerable and really put yourself into creating and promoting the event.

Podcast Movement

Get Kwame’s Free Negotiation Guide

Kwame’s TED Talk – Finding Confidence in Conflict

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