Mark shares his experience working through depression and trying to build a profitable business at the same time. Mark shares his thoughts on what helped him through and how to make the most of offers to help. Mark talks about negotiation and persuasion (his specialty), how to create win-win situations, why being paid what your worth is essential, how to deal with renegotiations, what negotiation really is, and much more. This episode is a must listen for anyone who wants to improve their comfort with sales and negotiation.     

Highlighted Quotes

 

“The Runway”

I had six months of runway with the seed money, so I knew that at six months I had to become profitable. So that was my motivation and then literally the money ran out in December and halfway through January I got my first check for training work that we did that was substantial enough. I knew I could actually make a go of this… it was perfect timing.

Resources/Mentions:

• Negotiations Ninja
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
• Content Callout - Podcast 
• Negotiations Ninja - Podcast 

Guest Links:

• Mark Raffan Linkedin 
• Mark - Twitter
• Mark - Instagram

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• Facebook: @hopestrategy 
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