We recently engaged with a contractor who Ifftner who had last worked within in 2003. I am delighted to have him back on board – he is a high quality Business Analyst and we know the client will be pleased with his input. However, there is a disadvantage of repeat contractor business: when you have a quality service it is hard to raise the bar even higher. The initial conversation went some like ‘ last time I worked with you guys you gave me a flexible payments plan , the contract was altered to reflect this …… status, you negotiated …. for me etc’

It reminded me of some recent discussions with my daughter Molly (Age 4, negotiation skills – awesome). The previous weekend my wife and I had been preparing for a party and Molly had been a little sidelined. So the next weekend I said that Molly could decide what we were going to do: “Turn my bedroom into space and build me a rocket that will take me to the moon …..!
When you are in a position of negotiating power …. Go for it!

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