Play the reluctant part
- Use your body language to communicate your reluctance, to communicate you're not really eager to make a deal: sit back from the table and keep the tension in your bodies low
- You can manipulate your voice to sound more reluctant: speak slowly and softly.
- Reluctant parties qualify their language. They don't show excitement. Everything is qualified and subdued.
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