How to Win any Argument or Negotiation | Business | Sarthak Ahuja

You can win any argument be it with a toxic manager or any difficult client or customer or even a colleague if you use this one rule that lawyers use in negotiation. Now first I'll explain the rule to you and then I'll tell you how you can apply it. Well they say if the law is against you, you use the facts. If the facts are law. If the law and procedure or the policy. And I'll explain how you can apply this in any negotiation or any argument at the workplace. You first always start with the facts, data, evidence. This ensures that emotion and subjective opinion of people is kept outside of the discussion. However, if the facts are not in your favor, you argue basis the policy saying I'm just following the rules or I'm just following this framework or the SOP which has been defined. If however the policy is against you and you don't have the data, your job is to bring someone superior or influential into the argument to back you and define three things. The agenda, the timeline, and the evaluation criteria. Because whoever defines the agenda controls the conversation. Whoever defines the timeline controls the pressure to be put on the other party. And whoever defines the evaluation criteria controls the end result. Think about it and share it with someone who may need