001 Welcome to The Art of Feminine Negotiation: from the Boardroom to Bedroom

Welcome to The Art of Feminine Negotiation: from the Boardroom to Bedroom, your place to go for hot tips and tactics on how to negotiate your best life so you can stop missing out and start getting more of what you want and deserve … from the boardroom to the bedroom.

I’m Cindy Watson, creator and host of the show. I’m excited to have you here and hope you decide to make this a must to tune in to each week.

Let me start by answering a few questions you may have. Like ‘what’s up with the title? Boardroom to Bedroom? What does that mean?’

Well, I believe that all of life is a negotiation. Whether it’s negotiating with your intimate partner or business partner, your kids or parents, employer or employees, local car dealer or contractor, or negotiating multi-million-dollar corporate transactions. Whether it’s personal or professional or all the spaces in between, deciding to negotiate your best life, with intention, will be a game changer. It just may be the most important skill you’ll ever learn. And yet we’re not taught it.

I’m on a mission to change that.

Why me? Why this mission?

I’ve been an attorney for over 30 years, negotiating high stakes deals across the spectrum. Like most attorneys, I was led to believe I had to bring a ‘take no prisoners’, ‘leave nothing on the table’ approach to bargaining to be successful. My clients called me Barracuda. They meant it as a compliment. Others no doubt called me worse. I was very effective but there was a high cost that came with that approach. And then I had a series of epiphanies. Have you ever had one of those life-changing mindset shifts? I wish I could say it only took one, but it took me a while to overcome decades of conditioning – to really get it. Real negotiation isn’t about winning or losing or even ‘win/win’ in the sense that most people use that term. In fact, the most valuable skills that make and mark the most effective negotiators are the skills that you probably overlook altogether when you think about negotiating. And if you think you’re not a great negotiator or can’t be a great negotiator, you just may be the best equipped. Or if you think the only way to succeed is to bring that masculine energy to the table, be prepared to be surprised. Whichever end of the spectrum you fall on, you just need to increase your awareness – and to apply skills you already use in a myriad of ways every day. You’ve probably just never thought of it as negotiation. If you learn to use them, with intention, you can negotiate your best life and stop missing out.

I invite you to question everything you thought you knew about negotiation. I invite you to consider, what if …  what if toughness doesn’t necessarily carry the day? What if the person who talks the loudest or longest and never budges off their position isn’t necessarily the person who wins? What if there’s a better way? A way to get better and longer-lasting results, better long-lasting relationships, a better quality of life in almost every way? Interested?

Then I encourage you to subscribe to this show so you can tune in and test out techniques, tactics and mindset shifts to see what works for you, to help you negotiate your best life, on your terms, to get what you want and deserve. Heck, make sure to share it with your friends if you think they’d get some benefit from negotiating their best life.

Tune in once a week on Mondays – a great way to start your week. I’ll have a mix of solo shows (where I share some features of negotiating various aspects of your life); some interviews (with experts who can offer unique perspectives on up-levelling your negotiating), and even periodic round-tables where I’ll bring in a group of experts to tackle a subject that could make a difference in making sure you know how to get what you want and deserve.

I invite and encourage you to participate – after all, this show is for you. Send questions, engage in our FB group (which you can access by clicking on the link in the show notes) and give feedback (so we can make the show the best it can be, giving you what you want).

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, do me a favour and take a moment to subscribe to the show now. Give us a rating and review if you’re so inclined. And download all the episodes so you’ve got them ready to roll for your next long drive, daily commute, workout, morning routine, or whenever you like to listen.

If you like gifts, make sure to tune in regularly as I’ll be giving away lots of goodies you won’t want to miss (from product, to programs to tickets to live events and more). Speaking of gifts, if you’re a woman who’s decided to live on purpose, download my free How to Be a Women On Purpose Blueprint – you can grab it through the link in our show notes or on our webpage at womenonpurpose.ca.  And don’t forget to share it with your friends so they can get in on the action too.

I look forward to spending time with you. Talk soon.

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