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Never Split the Difference
By Chris Voss and Tahl Raz
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“the obvious first one is Never Split the Difference I recommend that book to like everybody in the universe”
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“one that I really like actually is uh it's never split the difference by Chris Voss”
“the second one is business focused never split the difference which is a great book about negotiating”
“One of them is Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. Uh it's about negotiations.”
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