Negotiation is not just a process, it's an attitude-and one that we all can learn. Internationally recognized expert Patrick Collins presents an original, comprehensive guide to maximizing negotiation skills. Readers will learn how to overcome the fear of negotiation, assess situations, and apply the appropriate strategy. Illuminating techniques include: how to manipulate the environment and when to bluff or confront.
The book explores the need for a reset in the international monetary system due to recent monetary instability. It advocates for the "Grondona System," which proposes making currencies conditionally convertible into a variety of commodities to stabilize their value, rather than relying solely on gold. By addressing topics like economic growth, fiat money, and digital currencies, it offers insights for policymakers, economists, and students, aiming to create a sustainable foundation for national monetary systems.
From the Ashes to the Arrows, a Year of Watching the Watchers
After nearly half a century in the world's press boxes, Patrick Collins did a remarkable thing. He took his eye off the ball, stepped away from his colleagues, and joined the throng: the people who pay the money. For a year, he relished sharing the experiences of the varied crowds at sporting events great and small: England's always hopeful, always frustrated, football supporters; the panama-hatted brigade at county cricket; the sodden, delirious golf-lovers at the Ryder Cup; and the hey-look-at-me darts fans. And he penetrates strange, semi-private subcultures like point-to-point and speedway. The result is original, wonderfully readable and very funny.