The Lord of the Rings: What Can Frodo's Epic Quest Teach Us About Negotiation?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Navigating a negotiation is an epic but daunting quest to reach an important purpose - like Frodo Baggins’ journey to destroy the One Ring. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s so much about his journey that we can extract and apply to our own quest to get paid what we’re worth - from the resources we need, to the perils we’ll need to avoid to reach our destination. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, I’m going to share some negotiation nuggets that came out of my recent binge watch of The Lord of the Rings movies.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- The resources we can use to better our outcome</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frodo needed a team to reach his destination, how do we assemble the people and resources that make it easier? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- How to get ahead of obstacles</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What readymade strategies and suggestions can we equip ourselves with to circumvent barriers? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- Why we have to be careful about what we share</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ring entices and corrupts, so Frodo had to be careful who he could trust. How do we know who to trust in our own negotiations?</span></p>