Phil's Personal Finance Tip of the Day:
Everything’s negotiable – and here’s how to do it
February 18, 2013 By Harvey Mackay
During the Civil War, President Lincoln was urged by a friend to give up Forts Sumter and Pickens and all government property in the Southern states. In reply, Lincoln said, “Do you remember the fable of the lion and the woodsman’s daughter?”
“Aesop writes that a lion was very much in love with a woodsman’s daughter. The fair maid referred him to her father. And the lion went to the father and asked for her hand.
“The father replied: ‘Your teeth are too long.’”
The lion went to a dentist and had them extracted. Returning, he asked again for his bride.
“’No,” said the woodsman. “Your claws are too long.”
Going to the doctor, he had the claws removed. Then he returned to claim his bride, and the woodsman, seeing that he was unarmed, beat out his brains.
“May it not be so with me,” concluded Lincoln, “if I give up all that is asked?”
I learned a long time ago that you can’t give anything away in negotiations without receiving something in return. I also know that the most important term in any contract isn’t the contract. It’s dealing with people who are honest.
To read the entire article from Harvey Mackay.com:
http://harveymackay.com/column/everythings-negotiable-and-heres-how-to-do-it/
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