Chris Voss: FBI Hostage Negotiator | Lex Fridman Podcast #364

10 Mar 2023 · 130 min
2:10:16

This podcast episode features Chris Voss describing hostage-negotiation experience and extracting general negotiation principles. Key points in this chunk: the centrality of emotions (not rationality) in negotiations, the concept of "tactical empathy" (understand but don't agree), practical tactics such as labeling negative emotions and aiming for the "that's right" reaction, trade-offs in negotiating with terrorists or governments, and the importance of envisioning mutually acceptable futures.

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