Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

This is a great book on principled negotiation. As a lawyer and mediator, the concepts in this book were not new to me, but the book puts things together in a very organized and easily understood package. I will certainly be recommending it to some of my clients.

If there is one thing that detracts from the book, it is that many of the examples remain dated. I am afraid that, to a younger listener, the book might seem somewhat obsolete. Of course, that is not true at all -- the concepts and principles, which are actually rather new in the grand scheme of things -- remain very valid.

Perhaps this would not have jumped out to me except for the fact that the authors make the point at the beginning that this is a revised and updated edition of a classic. Revised, maybe. Updated? Not so much.

Still, the book contains many timeless and valuable lessons.

This book has a lot of information in it! This helped me very much when I had to go into a family meeting with the lawyers. It doesn't just teach you how to get to a yes, but it teaches you how to listen too! Great book! No matter what your career is, or who you are, you should read this book!

Efficient, effective, yes.

I feel like I just went from baby negotiator to toddler! Before I could grunt and cry to get what I needed, but now I have words to articulate exactly what I am thinking. This has helped me when I am talking to others because instead of taking the time to think through what the other person is saying I can sum it up by saying "oh, they are using aggression, maybe apply some negotiating jujitsu here".

The "real life" examples in book were hard for me to relate with, and I think there was a handful of gloating going on. It was not to difficult to come up with my own personal examples as well though.

The way the book makes things so black and white and turned each negotiation into a step by step process, if they say try to attack you personally then you..., it makes you want to negotiate everything everywhere! Just to try out different tactics in different situations.

Great book, it was good to re-read a chapter or two right before any negotiations that I had planned for that day, just to get the juices flowing.

Best business book that I have read on audible

Calm logic; negotiation tactics that emphasis keeping the negotiations impersonal.

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Great audiobook! I had to read it for my college class and listening to it worked just fine. I really like this book. Great listen!

This book provides a very interesting and perhaps correct insight into why people make the choices they do and the "why" that should be at the heart of successful organizations.

Yes - that I will listen to it, but the print version would help me take better notes. It is important to remember it all.

It will help me in my professional and family relationships.

I propose a Constitutional Amendment that all elected officials need to pass a proficiency test on the content of this book. Negotiating skills are what will make democracy work.

The information is good but its difficult to follow due to the narration style.

The narrator really detracted from the information presented. The tone was very monotonous and dry. The delineation between the headers and the content is not as clear as it could be. This might be a book that's easier to read than to listen to.

As one whose makeup leads to conflict avoidance in most negotiations, I thought -- correctly -- that Getting To Yes might contain a few concepts, approaches, and tactics which would be valuable to me. I can confirm that there is much wisdom in this book, but I did find the narration to be a little difficult to follow. The 30-second replay was employed many, many, times during the listening of this book in order to jump back in an effort to understand what was just said. I am going to buy the print (e-book) version of this title so that I might more fully understand the teachings; bulleted lists and section headings are fine in print, but in this case did not translate well to the spoken word. Even with the troublesome narration, I found this book to be well worth the money.

Everyone needs this!

The reading is clear concise and enjoyable.

Everyone needs to learn to Negotiate and this book is an excellent tutor. I would say every profession could benifit from this book, but especially those who must make decisions where there are more than one concerned party.