All the Feels: How to Deal with Conflicting Emotions Around a Negotiation

An impending negotiation can spark many different emotions, from anticipation and hope to nervousness and even dread.

What if all those emotions show up all at once, creating a simmering stew of overwhelm?

Not good.

We’re not always going to go into a negotiation feeling 100% positive about it, and that’s okay.

It’s important, however, to parse through those emotions so we can effectively go to bat for ourselves.

How do we work through a hodgepodge of emotions if the negotiation has us all over the place?

In this episode, I talk about getting into the right headspace if you’re feeling all the things.

Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode 

• A thought download exercise
  If the negotiation is bringing up all sorts of feelings, how do we sort through them?
  
  
• Fact vs. story
  Can we decide the thoughts we want to show up with even if parts of the situation are out of our control?
  
  
• Choose success ahead of time
  Agreement or no agreement, how do we make sure we come out of a negotiation feeling good about ourselves?