Negotiate Anything Masterclass: How Top Performers Negotiate Through Fear and Failure
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Jan 26, 2026 
Vicky Kolakowski, former commercial litigator turned mediator and coach helping professionals—especially women—negotiate with confidence. Josh Hall, web design entrepreneur and coach who builds sustainable design businesses. Lisa Bilyeu, entrepreneur and author known for radical confidence and resilience. They explore pushing through self-doubt, rebounding after failure, practical rituals to build confidence, and using curiosity and questions to create better outcomes.
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Failure Teaches But Can Also Harden You
- Past failures teach lessons but can also condition you to avoid future swings that might succeed.
- Lisa Bilyeu reframes failures as data points and deliberately chooses mission over ego to keep swinging.
Practice Into Confidence
- Build competency through repeated, structured practice and incremental feedback loops.
- Lisa used filmed practice, husband feedback, and targeted drills to convert competence into confidence.
Pattern Interrupt Negative Self-Talk
- Replace negative mirror-talk with a deliberate pattern interrupt and a new habit.
- Lisa created a 30-day ritual (Wonder Woman necklace + affirmations) to rewire her self-talk and state.
