#364 – Chris Voss: FBI Hostage Negotiator

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Chris Voss is a former FBI hostage and crisis negotiator and author of Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(06:31) - Negotiation
(12:21) - Reason vs Emotion
(27:17) - How to listen
(36:06) - Negotiation with terrorists
(38:14) - Brittney Griner
(39:53) - Putin and Zelenskyy
(47:13) - Donald Trump
(54:23) - When to walk away
(58:37) - Israel and Palestine
(1:06:16) - Al-Qaeda
(1:11:46) - Three voices of negotiation
(1:20:11) - Strategic umbrage
(1:23:18) - Mirroring
(1:26:29) - Labeling
(1:33:55) - Exhaustion
(1:36:09) - The word "fair"
(1:39:06) - Closing the deal
(1:41:03) - Manipulation and lying
(1:42:58) - Conversation vs Negotiation
(1:54:17) - The 7-38-55 Rule
(1:58:16) - Chatbots
(2:07:39) - War
(2:09:10) - Advice for young people